Live auction - fwo_779713 - GREECE 1/4 Drachme Othon 1834 Paris

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Estimate :	120 €
Price :	77 €
Maximum bid :	98 €
End of the sale :	24 January 2023 19:57:08
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : 1/4 Drachme Othon

Date: 1834

Mint name / Town : Paris

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,07 g.

Edge : cannelée

Rarity : R1

Catalogue references :

KM.19/18

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête nue d'Othon Ier à droite ; K au-dessous.

Obverse legend : OQON BASILEUS THS ELLADOS

Obverse translation : (Othon roi de l'Hellènes).

Reverse

Reverse legend : À L'EXERGUE .

Reverse description : Écu couronné entre deux branches d'olivier.

Reverse legend : 1/4 DRACMH

Reverse translation : (1/4 drachme).

Commentary

Pour l'atelier de Paris, ce type ne fut frappé que pour le millésime 1834. Le choix par la Grèce d'un atelier monétaire étranger pour ses frappes en argent s'explique à l'examen des productions locales de 5 et 10 lepta en bronze, dont la qualité rappelle plutôt les frappes de la période révolutionnaire française..
For the Paris workshop, this type was only struck for the 1834 vintage. Greece's choice of a foreign mint for its silver strikes can be explained by examining local production of 5 and 10 lepta in bronze, the quality of which is more reminiscent of the strikes of the French revolutionary period.