Lot 00142

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 10 Lepta 1869 (Copper, 30 mm, 9.53 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, plain edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ 1869 Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. Laurel wreath tied below, containing ΔΙΩΒΟΛΟΝ / 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ/ ESSAI in four lines . Divo P88. Karamitsos T.48 (this coin mentioned). KM E7. Graded by NGC “PF 64 RB”. Cert number: 2909005-005.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 17 May 1979, 245.