Lot 00136

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1868 (Silver, 27 mm, 9.98 g, 6 h), Essai, unmarked but lacking the privy marks on the reverse, Paris , struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1868 Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. • ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. Divo P79. Karamitsos T.41 (this coin mentioned). KM Pn22. Graded by NGC “PF 64”. Cert number: 2908888-008.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 17 May 1979, 236, and from the Collection of King Farouk of Egypt, Sotheby & Co., 24 February 1954, 2416 (part).