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1 000 000 Drachmai
| Issuer | Bank of Greece |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Size | 140 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Antikythera Ephebe, an ancient Greek bronze sculpture of a youthful male figure rendered in classical style, set against a guilloche underprint. The denomination and issuing authority inscriptions appear within bordered panels, with fine lathe-work borders framing the composition. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette presents an intaglio view of the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion (c. 440 BC), its surviving Doric columns rising against a lightly engraved seascape and sky. Large numeral panels reading '1.000.000' flanked by the denomination legend ΕΝ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΟΝ appear to either side, all set within an elaborate guilloche border. The bank name ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ runs along the top, with the caption ΣΟΥΝΙΟΝ - ΝΑΟΣ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΟΣ below the central vignette and ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ in a panel at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | ΤΡΑΠΕΖΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΕΝ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΜΥΡΙΟΝ 1.000.000 ΣΟΥΝΙΟΝ - ΝΑΟΣ ΠΟΣΕΙΔΩΝΟΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΗ |
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