10,000 drachmas
Greece’s E.E.C. Membership
Obverse
Apollo sitting on the "omphalos" (navel of the earth), holding a laurel branch and leaning on a lyre; to the left, the oracular tripod. After a silver stater of the Delphic Amphictyony of 336 B.C.
Lettering:
ΑΜΦΙΚΤΙΟΝΩΝ
Translation:
AMPHICTYONON (i.e. coin of the Amphictyony)
Reverse
Inscription above denomination
Lettering:
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ 28 ΜΑΪΟΥ 1979 10ο ΜΕΛΟΣ Ε.Ο.Κ. ΣΤΑΘΜΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΟΡΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΘΝΟΥΣ Κ. ΚΑΡΑΜΑΝΛΗΣ ΔΡΑΧΜΕΣ 10000
Translation:
HELLENIC REPUBLIC – 28 MAY 1979 – 10th MEMBER OF THE E.E.C. – A MILESTONE ΙΝ THE PROGRESS OF THE NATION – K. KARAMANLIS – 10,000 DRACHMAS
Technical Info
Country
Greece
Type
Commemorative collector coinage
Year
1979
FaceValue
10,000 drachmas
Gold finess
900
Weight
20 g
Diameter
31 mm
Nο
5
ShowCase
A6
Continent
Europe
