| Nomos AG > Auction 31 | Auction date: 23 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 31 Price realized: 1,500 CHF (Approx. 1,668 USD / 1,536 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 5 Drachmai 1833 (Copper, 38 mm, 21.35 g, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. Obelisk, flanked by: WELCHE IM RUSS./ KRIEGE DEN TOD / FAN-DEN, in three lines; around, DENKMAL DER DREISSIGTAUSEND BAIERN. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• / 1833• in four lines; around, PROBE DES THALERPRÄGWERKES - F• D• KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• (= Test Strike of the Thaler Striking Machinery for the Royal Mint in Greece). Divo P37. Hauser 873. Karamitsos T.12. KM PnA13. One of the finest known examples! Graded by NGC "MS 62". Top pop in NGC. Cert number: 2908901-005. From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities, and from the collection of Dimitri Loulakakis, Spink 5, 17 May 1979, 181. The 29 meter tall Obelisk shown on this trial strike is the well-known momument located at the Karolinenplatz in Munich; it was designed by Leo von Klenze in 1833. It is dedicated to the 30,000 Bavarian soldiers who gave their lives during the Russian campaign of Napoleon I. Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
