20 Drachmai (old lettering) Coin

20 Drachmai (old lettering)

Country: Greece
Denomination: 20 Drachmai (20 GRD)
Year: 1976-1980
Material: Copper-nickel
Weight: 11.0 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 29 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: greece

Description:

Obverse

The portrait in left profile of Pericles (ca. 495 – 429 BC), a prominent and influential statesman, orator, and general of Athens in the city's Golden Age, is surrounded with a legend which indicates his name in Greek: "ΠΕΡΙΚΛΗΣ"

Reverse

The Parthenon is surrounded with the facial value according to the former spelling ("20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ") and the inscription "ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ" (Republic of Greece)

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