1862, Ionian Islands (British Government). Copper 2 Lepta. R!

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1862, Ionian Islands (British Government). Copper 2 Lepta. R! Mint Place: London Reference: KM-31. R! Denomination: 2 Lepta Mint Year: 1820 ( with dot! ) Condition: Lightly corroded VF Material: Copper Diameter: 22mm Weight: 4.49gm Obverse: Nimbate and winged lion of St. Mark left, holding book of gospels and arrows in right paw. Legend: IONIKON KPATOS. 1820. Reverse : Helmeted togate personificantion of Britannia seated right, holding trident and leaning on British shield beneath her. Legend: BRITANNIA. Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed. ! The United States of the Ionian Islands (Greek: Ηνωμένον Κράτος των Ιονίων Νήσων , Enomenon Kratos ton Ionion Neson ; Italian: Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie ) was a state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. It is located in modern Greece, to whom it was ceded as a gift of the United Kingdom to the newly enthroned King George I, at the end of the protectorate.Prior to the French Revolutionary Wars, the Ionian Islands had been part of the Republic of Venice. With the dissolution of that polity under the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio, it was annexed into the French Republic. Between 1798 and 1799, the French were driven out by a joint Russo-Turkish force. The occupying forces founded the Septinsular Republic, which lasted from 1800 until 1807.The Ionian read more

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