Live auction - fwo_354622 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I Essai 10 Lepta 1912 Paris

GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE - GEORGE I Essai 10 Lepta 1912 Paris MS

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Estimate :	3 000 €
Price :	1 500 €
Maximum bid :	1 500 €
End of the sale :	19 April 2016 17:05:51
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Essai 10 Lepta

Date: 1912

Mint name / Town : Paris

Metal : nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,09 g.

Edge : lisse

Rarity : R3

Catalogue references :

KM20/E26

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC).

Obverse description : dans le champ.

Obverse translation : (Roi de Grèce / 1912).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN GREC // ESSAI // CH.PILLET).

Reverse description : chouette sur amphore.

Reverse translation : (10 Lepta).

Commentary

Cet essai a été gravé à Paris par Charles Pillet, premier grand prix de Rome de gravure en médailles en 1890. On ignore le nombre essai d’exemplaire de cet essai très rare.