Lot 00006

Iohannes Kapodistrias, as Governor, 1827-1831. 10 Lepta 1828 (Copper, 34 mm, 15.20 g, 6 h), dies prepared by the engraver Chatzi-Grigoris Pirovolistis, Aegina, plain edge. Phoenix with spread wings arising from the flames; above, rays of the rising sun and cross; the whole within a linear circle; around, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ë ë ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ •αωκα• = 1821 in Greek alphabetic numerals. Rev. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ 1828• around a wreath of olive and laurel enclosing the denomination, 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in two lines. Chase 166 (D/e). Divo 3. Karamitsos 13.5. KM 3. Graded by NGC “MS 62 BN”. Cert number: 2908886-004.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities.