500 Drachmai Italian occupation

Issuer	Cassa Mediterranea di Credito per la Grecia
Year	1941
Type	Local banknote
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Obverse description	At left centre, an intaglio vignette presents a classical bust in profile, generally identified as Augustus of the Prima Porta type, set within a guilloche-bordered frame. To the right, bilingual text in Italian and Greek designates the note as legal tender for the Ionian Islands, with the denomination rendered in both DRACME and ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. A Greek key meander border frames the entire face, printed in rose-pink.
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Reverse description	A central intaglio vignette reproduces a classical bas-relief of two equestrian figures in vigorous motion, possibly the Dioscuri or cavalry warriors, printed in rose-pink. The composition is enclosed within a double guilloche border with the Greek key meander motif repeated on all four sides, and the denomination numeral 500 appears in each corner.
Reverse lettering	500
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