Lot 00187

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1911 (Silver, 27 mm, 9.90 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1911 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ. Rev. ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ 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; ESSAI in tiny letters in the right field. Divo P 80. Karamitsos T.75 (this coin mentioned). KM EA23. Graded by NGC “MS 64”. Top Pop from NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908902-003.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 17 May 1979, 238.