© Ma collection de monnaies
© Ma collection de monnaies
20 Drachmai old lettering
| Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) | 11 g | 29 mm |
| Issuer | Greece |
|---|---|
| Period | Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Years | 1976-1980 |
| Value | 20 Drachmai (20 GRD) |
| Currency | Third modern drachma (1954-2001) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
| Weight | 11 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 28 February 2002 |
| Updated | 2024-10-05 |
| Numista | N#563 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 4% |
Reverse
The portrait of Pericles (ca. 495 – 429 BC), a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city's Golden Age, facing left surrounded with his name in Greek (ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ)
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ
Translation: Pericles
Engraver: L. Orphanos
Edge
Inscripted
Variations exist in orientation and alignment of edge inscription (whether the text is readable with obverse or reverse facing up).
NOTE: See comments section for variation in size of script
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ
Translation: Hellenic Republic
Comment
Documentation of the different pediments made by Ina Huitema