Lot 00190

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 10 Lepta 1912 (Zinc, 21 mm, 4.06 g, 6 h), Paris , struck from dies by Ch. Pillet, plain edge and with a center hole. BAΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ / ΤΗΣ /ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 1912 in four lines; to right, the crown of the Kingdom of Greece. Rev. 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ Owl standing facing on a Panathenaic amphora lying on its side; to right, olive branch; below, CH. PILLET; ΕSSAI, in tiny letters, in the upper right field. Divo -. Karamitsos T.81 (this coin, but not illustra­ted), KM E27. Extremely rare, only the second example known. Graded by NGC as “PF 64”. Cert number: 2908902-007.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dr. Athanasios Ghertsos, Bank Leu 53, 27 October 1991, 626b.