Lot 00198

Constantine I, first reign, 1913-1917. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1915 (Copper-Nickel, 23 mm, 4.96 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from an obverse die by Κ. Demetriadis and a reverse master die by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1915 Laureate mature head of Constantine I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, K. Δ.; in the lower right field, ESSAI . Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, ΔΡAXMH; in tiny letters on the lower right field, ESSAI . Divo – (this coin mentioned in the note to P100). Karamitsos T.86. KM E32. Graded by NGC “PF 64”. Cert number: 2909009-006.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, ex Schweizer­ischer Bankverein 9, 30-31 January 1980 758, and Bank Leu 48, 21-22 October 1970, 613.