Odysseas Elytis Nobel Prize 1979 Silver 999 Medal, Municipality of Heraklion, by Giannis Pappas, 101g / 3.2oz

Commemorative medal issued by the Municipality of Heraklion, Crete in 1979 to honour the poet Odysseas Elytis on his Nobel Prize in Literature (Elytis was born in Heraklion in 1911).

• Fine silver 999, 101 g / 3.2oz, 55 mm

• Obverse: portrait of Elytis by the sculptor Giannis Pappas (signed)

• Reverse: the Vergina Sun with "ΟΔΥΣΣΕΑΣ ΕΛΥΤΗΣ · ΔΗΜΟΣ ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟΥ 1979"

• Limited issue of 2,000

In its original presentation box, lid lettered "ΟΔΥΣΣΕΑΣ ΕΛΥΤΗΣ ΝΟΜΠΕΛ 1979". Light toning, box shows age.