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v23_2158 - PRINCIPALITY OF CRETE - PRINCE GEORGE 1 drachme 1901 Paris

PRINCIPALITY OF CRETE - PRINCE GEORGE 1 drachme 1901 Paris AU
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 180.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 205.00 €
Type : 1 drachme
Date: 1901
Mint name / Town : Paris
Quantity minted : 500000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 835 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,01 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très belle frappe. Un exemplaire superbe de cette monnaie recouverte d’une patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Georges Ier de Grèce tête nue à droite ; signé au-dessous A. BORREL.
Obverse legend : PRIGKHY GEORGIOS THS ELLADOS UPATOS ARMOS THS EN KRHTH/ 1901.
Obverse translation : (Prince Georges prince des Hellènes, chef en Crète).

Reverse


Reverse description : Écu couronné sous un dais.
Reverse legend : KRHTIKH - POLITEIA/ 1 DRACMA.
Reverse translation : (Crète - 1 drachme).

Historical background


PRINCIPALITY OF CRETE - PRINCE GEORGE

(1898-1906)

Georges of Greece (1869-1957) is the second son of Georges I of Greece (1845-1913). Following the Greco-Turkish war, Crete obtained its autonomy. Prince George became despot of Crete until 1906. Crete was definitively attached to Greece after the second Balkan war in 1913.

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