Lot 01002

GREECE. Iohannes Kapodistrias, as Governor, 1827-1831. 5 Lepta 1828 (Copper, 28 mm, 8.00 g, 6 h), dies prepared by the engraver Chatzi-Grigoris Pirovolistis, Aegina, plain edge. Phoenix with spread wings arising from the flames; above, rays of the rising sun and cross; the whole within a linear circle; around, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ✶ ✶ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ •αωκα’• = 1821 in Greek alphabetic numerals. Rev. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ 1828᛫ around a wreath of olive and laurel enclosing the denomination, 5 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in two lines. Chase 134b (D2/b). Divo 5. Karamitsos 7.3. KM 2. Graded by PCGS “MS 62 BN”. Cert number: 45648230.

The second H in the word ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ on the obverse was ommited accidentally in Chase 134a. The omission was noticed when already a few examples were struck, and the missing letter was engraved -or more accurately pasted somehow clumsy- on the working die.