Lot 01066

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1910 (Silver, 23 mm, 5 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1910 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ; privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) and torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930) flanking the date. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding, with her right hand, the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion, and resting her left on her waist. Divo 54a. Karamitsos 153. KM 60. Graded by NGC “MS 67”. Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 3935117-007.

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