Lot 00139

Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 1 Lepton 1869 (Copper, 15 mm, 0.98 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 1 / ΛΕΠΤΟΝ / ESSAI in three lines . Divo P96. Karamitsos T.44 (this coin mentioned). KM E4. Graded by NGC “PF 64 RB”. Cert number: 2909007-002.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 17 May 1979, 248.