10 drachma
Item Code: 300
Year: 1940; Obverse: Ancient coin with Demeter at left In ancient Greek religion and myth, Demeter is the goddess of the harvest, who presided over grains and the fertility of the earth. Reverse: Blue and brown, university at center The Academy of Athens is Greece's national academy; Dimensions: 82 x 54 mm
50 drachma
Item Code: 166/gr-1
More info...
100 drachma
Year
|
1978
(Date of Issue: 8 December 1978)- (Withdrawn
from circulation: 28 Feb. 2002)
|
Obverse
|
Head of
Poseidon (Neptune), god of the sea and of earthquakes. Helmeted Athena
supervises Argusconstructing a sailing boat called Argo, the ship of the
Argonauts. Tiphys, the pilot is in the centre.
|
Reverse
|
Scene of
Laskarina Bouboulina attacking the fortress of Palamidi at Nafplion. Sailing
ships.
|
Watermark
|
Head
of Charioteer of Delphi (Heniokhos), commissioned by Polyzalus, Delphi
Archaeological Museum.
|
Issuer
|
Bank of
Greece.
|
Size
|
144 x 64
mm (Material: Cotton paper)
|
Printer
|
Idryma Trapezis
Tis Ellados - The Banknote Printing Works of the Bank of Greece (IETA).
|
Item Code: 167/gr-2
Year
|
1978
|
Obverse
|
Head of Athena of Piraeus,
goddess of wisdom and crafts, war and strategy, and inventions in
science, industry, art and agriculture, a bronze statue from an
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet,
with Medusa's locks visible at her neck. Neoclassical headquarters of
the University of Athens.
|
Reverse
|
Adamantios Korais, Church
of Arkadi Monastery in Crete, a symbol of Greek independence from
Turkey.
|
Size
|
158 x 67 mm (Material: Cotton paper)
|
200 drachma
Item Code: 254
Year : 1996; Front: Rigas Velestinlis - Feraios (Rhigas Velestinlis - Phereos) born Antonios Kyriazis; People playing and singing; "The one who thinks freely, thinks well"; Back: ''The Secret School'',after an oil painting by Nikolaos Gyzis. Watermark: Head of King Philip II of Macedonia; Dimensions: 130 x 65 mm.
No comments:
Post a Comment