Nomos AG > Auction 31Auction date: 23 March 2024
Lot number: 237

Price realized: 190 CHF   (Approx. 211 USD / 195 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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CRETE. Georgios, Prince of Greece. High Commissioner of the Cretan State, 1898-1906. 5 Drachmai 1901 (Silver, 37 mm, 25.04 g, 5 h), Paris, struck from dies by Alfred Borrel, reeded edge. ΠΡΙΓΚΗΨ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΥΠΑΤΟΣ ΑΡΜΟΣΤΗΣ ΕΝ ΚΡΗΤΗ, •1901• Head of prince George to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, A. BOPPEΛ. Rev. ΚΡΗΤΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Cretan State, supported by two Herakles; below, 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) on the left and and, on the right, a torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930). Divo 130. Karamitsos C.11. KM 9. Graded by NGC "AU 53". Cert number: 2909007-004.

From the El-Greco Collection of Modern Greek Rarities.

Starting price: 1000 CHF