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Coins of wrestlers in a grave
Top Image: Two views of the approximately 2,400-year-old stone-lined grave discovered in the newly identified Eastern Necropolis of Aspendos, Turkey. Aspendos coins depicting wrestlers found among the burial goods suggest that the individual may have been associated with athletics and possibly was a wrestler. Source: Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Coins of wrestlers in a grave

Aspendos, Turkey. about 2,400 years ago. Greece and Rome. Debated. Free

The coins do not prove that a wrestler was buried here.

Debated. The coins show wrestlers, so one report says the person may have been linked to sport.

The grave is in the Eastern Necropolis of Aspendos, in Turkey. It dates from the last quarter of the 5th century BC to the 4th century BC, about 2,400 years ago. It is a stone-lined tomb. Inside were skeletal remains, Aspendos coins with wrestlers on them, a Phoenician coin, and glass perfume bottles.

The page says those coins still do not prove the person was a wrestler.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/2400-year-old-aspendos-tomb-00103093