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Greece. 20 drachmas Coin 1973 UNC, Goddess Athena, Phoenix, Greek Military JUNTA

$ 3.11

Availability: 40 in stock
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Type: Coin
  • Exact Year: 1973
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country: Greece
  • Region: Europe
  • KM Number: 112
  • Year: 1973
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Grade: Ungrated
  • Composition: Copper-Nickel
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: UNCirculated
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
  • Material: Copper-Nickel
  • Denomination: 20 Drachmai

    Description

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    GREECE.
    20
    DRACHMAI
    of  YEAR :
    1973 (Type : B}
    UNC
    irculated
    RRR
    Greek coin in Drachmas.
    Mintage :
    17.058.000
    GREEK COIN [
    KM#: 112
    ]
    ,
    Diameter (mm):
    29.0
    Weight (g):
    11.00
    Composition:
    Copper - Nickel - Aluminum
    Edge:
    Lettered (Hellenic Republic)
    Engravers
    :
    I. Stinis, N. Perantinos (Athens Mint)
    [
    Greek   Democracy
    ]
    GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC.
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    Condition:
    The  coins  my  opinion characterized :
    UNC
    See the scan (pictures), shape your own opinion
    You will take that you see in photographs of sale.
    The
    price is for
    each coin.
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    It is the coin
    :
    GODDESS  :   A T H E N A
    In Greek religion
    and  mythology
    ,
    Athena
    or Athene (Attic
    :
    Ἀθηνᾶ
    ,
    Athēnā
    or
    Ἀθηναία
    ,
    Athēnaia, Epic
    :
    Ἀθηναίη
    ,
    Athēnaiē, Ionic
    :
    Ἀθήνη
    ,
    Athēnē, Doric
    :
    Ἀθάνα
    ,
    Athana
    ), also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene (Παλλὰς Ἀθηνᾶ; Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη), is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. Minerva
    , Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is also a shrewd companion of  heroes
    and is the goddess
    of heroic endeavour. She is the virgin
    patron of Athens
    . The Athenians founded the Parthenon
    on the Acropolis of her namesake city, Athens (Athena Parthenos), in her honour.
    Athena's veneration as the patron of Athens seems to have existed from the earliest times, and was so persistent that archaic myths about her were recast to adapt to cultural changes. In her role as a protector of the city (polis), many people throughout the Greek world worshiped Athena as
    Athena Polias
    (Ἀθηνᾶ Πολιάς "Athena of the city"). The city of Athens
    and the goddess Athena essentially bear the same name, "Athenai" meaning "[many] Athenas".
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    Greek military junta of 1967–1974
    The Phoenix
    rising from its flames and the silhouette of the soldier bearing a rifle with fixed bayonet was the emblem of the Junta. On the header the word
    Greece
    (Ελλας) and on the footer 21 April 1967, the date of the coup d' état, can be seen in Greek.
    The Phoenix
    and the silhouette of the soldier bearing a bayonetted rifle was the emblem of the Junta.
    The
    Greek military junta of 1967–1974
    , alternatively "
    The Regime of the Colonels
    " (Greek
    :
    Το
    καθεστώς
    των
    Συνταγματαρχών
    ,
    To kathestos ton Syntagmatarhon
    ), or in Greece "
    The Junta
    ", (
    English pronunciation:
    /ˈdʒʌntə/
    or
    /ˈhʊntə/,
    Greek Χούντα, [xuda]
    ) and "The Seven Years" (Greek:
    Η
    Επταετία
    ,
    I eptaetía
    ) are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. Rule by the Greek military started in the morning of 21 April 1967, with a coup d' etat led by a group of colonels, and ended in July 1974.
    Georgios Papadopoulos
    President of the Hellenic Republic
    Colonel
    Georgios Papadopoulos
    (Greek
    :
    Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος
    ) (5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was the head of the military coup d'état that took place in Greece on 21 April 1967 and leader of the military government that ruled the country from 1967 to 1974. Papadopoulos was a Colonel of Artillery. During World War II, he had initially fought against the Italian 1940 invasion and then he became a Nazi collaborator in the Security Battalions, and in the postwar years he received intelligence training in the USA and became a CIA agent. He held dictatorial power in
    Greece
    from 1967-1973, until he was himself overthrown by his co-conspirator Dimitrios Ioannidis. It has been claimed that Papadopoulos was the first CIA agent to govern a Western European country.
    Early life and military career
    Papadopoulos was born in Elaiohori
    , a small village in the Prefecture
    of Achaea
    in Peloponnese
    to local school teacher Christos Papadopoulos and his wife Chrysoula. He was the eldest son and had two brothers, Konstantinos and Haralambos. Upon finishing High School
    in 1937, he enrolled in the Scholi Evelpidon Officer
    Academy
    (Σχολή Ευελπίδων). He completed his three-year education in 1940.
    Papadopoulos' biographical notes, that were published as a booklet by supporters in 1980, mention that he attended a Civil engineering
    course at the Polytechneion
    but did not graduate.
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