Live auction - fwo_550564 - GREECE - KINGDOM OF GREECE – OTTO 5 Drachmes 1833 Athènes
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 28 January 2020 19:31:59 |
Type : 5 Drachmes
Date: 1833
Mint name / Town : Athènes
Quantity minted : 378000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 22,15 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R2
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête nue d'Othon Ier à droite ; au-dessous signature en grec K. VOÏGT.
Obverse legend : OQON BASILEUS THS ELLADOS
Obverse translation : (Othon roi des Hellènes).
Reverse
Reverse description : Écu couronné entre deux branches de laurier.
Reverse legend : 5/ DRACMAI/ 1833
Reverse translation : (5 drachmes).
Commentary
Ce type fut fabriqué à Paris et Athènes en 1833, 1844 et 1845.
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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