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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 150 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2024 22:15:26 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : 5 Lepta
Date: 1837
Quantity minted : 116000
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,37 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE GRECQUE) ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ.
Obverse description : Armes couronnées.
Obverse legend : ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ.
Obverse translation : (Royaume de Grèce).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE GRECQUE) 5 / ΛΕΠΤΑ / 1837.
Reverse description : Légende sur trois lignes dans une couronne fermée.
Reverse legend : 5 / ΛΕΠΤΑ / 1833.
Reverse translation : (5 / Lepta/ 1838).
Historical background
GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE – OTTO
(1832-1862)
Otto I of Wittelbasch (06/1/1815-07/26/1867) was the youngest son of Ludwig I of Bavaria (1825-1848). The London Protocol had guaranteed the independence of Greece and the Treaty of Munich, of May 7, 1832, gave the throne to Otho I. Badly surrounded, badly advised, Germanophile, Otho ends up alienating the Greeks. At the end of the Crimean War, at the Treaty of Paris in 1856, he was clumsy and did not ask for territorial compensation for Greece. He abdicated in 1862.
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