Bright silvery metal, bearded, bare-headed to left, with legend triangle HMOKPITOE
Donor:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Collection place:
Greece
Verbatim coll. place:
Greece
Culture or time period:
Greek
Collector:
Darrell Arlynn Amyx
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachma-based coins
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
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.