20 drachmai. Bright silvery metal, 29 cm. Man, bearded, helmeted head to left, with legend. (derived from marble copy of a head of Perikles made by Krisilas in 5 BC).
Donor:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Collection place:
Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe, Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek
Collector:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Collection date:
1977
Person depicted:
Pericles/Perikles (Greek deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachma-based coins
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1976
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
In 1974, the rule of the military dictatorship in Greece was abolished, and a new series of coins was issued to supplant those of the dictators. The current set (7-6370 to 7-6375), all dated 1976, exemplifies the new coin types.