Greece P-200

HELLENIC REPUBLIC 
Greek drachma (GRD)

P-200a
Value: 100 drachmai
Issued by: Trapeza tis Ellados
Date: 8 December 1978
Printer: Idryma Trapezis tis Ellados

Features

Obverse:

Head of Athena of Piraeus, goddes of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strenght, strategy, the arts, craft, and skill - a bronze statue from Archaeological Museum of Piraeus, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet, with Medusa's locks visible at her neck;  

Neoclassical headquarter of the University of Athens.

 Reverse:

Adamantios Korais (1748-1833), humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment; 

Church of Arkadi Monastery in Crete, a symbol of Greek independence from Turkey. 

Watermark: Head of Charioteer of Delphi (Heniokhos)

Remark: Without Greek letter "L" (lambda) at lower left on back