Lot 01050

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Lepta 1879 (Copper, 25 mm, 5.00 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies prepared by the engraver Albert-Désiré Barre, plain edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ 1879 Mature head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE above date flanked by the privy marks anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878) on the left and bee (for the Mint Director, Alfred Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879) on the right. Rev. Laurel wreath tied below, containing ΟΒΟΛΟΣ / 5 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in three lines; below wreath, A. Divo 64b. Karamitsos 127. KM 55b. Graded by NGC “MS 64+ RB”. Cert number: 3935116-004.

From the Ioannis Vasilakis Collection of Supreme Quality Circulation Strikes of Georgios I.