Lot 00030

Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1833 (Copper, 23 mm, 4.75 g, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. ZUR KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• around an ornate mantled and helmeted shield bearing a quartered coat of arms. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• in three lines; around, PROBE EINES PRÄGWERKES 1833•. Divo P40. Hauser 870. Karamitsos T.11. KM -. Graded by NGC “XF 45 BN”. Cert number: 2908901-007.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, ex Schweize­rischer Bankverein 9, 30 January 1980, 717.