It’s all Greek to me! Has the Royal Mint picked the ‘wrong’ gods for its Olympic coins?

Odd choice.

But which gods did the Mint choose to represent the Games?

Somewhat confusingly it chose Roman ones. For despite the Olympics being a Greek creation, which took place in Olympia and was held in honour of Zeus, the coins use Roman gods because “the Olympic motto is Latin” the Royal Mint told Yahoo! Finance.

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