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10 Lepta Pattern
| Issuer | Greece |
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| Year | 1828 |
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| Currency | Phoenix (1828-1832) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a phoenix rising, with a cross surmounting the bird and radiating sun rays emanating from the left, all enclosed within a solid inner circle. Five-pointed stars are arranged above the phoenix in the upper field. The peripheral legend in Greek script reads ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ with the date αωκα΄ (1821), referencing the founding of the Hellenic State. The design is executed in a neoclassical style consistent with the early coinage of independent Greece under Governor Kapodistrias. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ αωκα΄ (Translation: Hellenic State, 1821) |
| Reverse description | The denomination 10 ΛΕΠΤΑ (10 Lepta) is boldly inscribed in two lines at the centre of the field, framed by a wreath composed of a laurel branch to the left and an olive branch to the right, tied at the base with a ribbon bow. The date 1828 appears in the lower exergual area below the wreath. A circular legend in Greek script surrounds the entire design, reading ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι. Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ (Governor I. A. Kapodistrias), honouring the first Governor of Greece. The coin's border is defined by a fine toothed or reeded rim, characteristic of milled coinage of the period. |
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