page_title: Phoenix (currency)
hierarchical_section_title: Phoenix (currency)
caption_attribution_description: English: GREECE, First Hellenic Republic. Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias. Governor, 1828-1831. AR Phoenix. (23mm, 12 h). Aegina mint. Dated 1828. Phoenix rising from flames; cross above, rays to left / Denomination within wreath.
context_page_description: The phoenix was the first currency of the modern Greek state. It was introduced in 1828 by Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias and was subdivided into 100 lepta. The name was that of the mythical phoenix bird and was meant to symbolize the rebirth of Greece during the still ongoing Greek War of Independence. The phoenix replaced the Ottoman kuruş at a rate of 6 phoenixes = 1 kuruş.
context_section_description: The phoenix (Greek: φοίνιξ, foinix) was the first currency of the modern Greek state. It was introduced in 1828 by Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias and was subdivided into 100 lepta. The name was that of the mythical phoenix bird and was meant to symbolize the rebirth of Greece during the still ongoing Greek War of Independence. The phoenix replaced the Ottoman kuruş (called grosi γρόσι, plural γρόσια grosia by the Greeks) at a rate of 6 phoenixes = 1 kuruş.
caption: Silver one-phoenix coin, minted in Aegina by Ioannis Kapodistrias. Dated 1828. Obverse: phoenix rising from the ashes below a cross, symbol of the newly reborn Orthodox Christian Greek state, inscription 'ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ' ('Hellenic Republic'). The letters αωκα represent 1821, the date of the Greek Declaration of Independence, in the Ancient Greek numeral system. The small anchor was the Aegina mint mark. Reverse: denomination '1 ΦΟΙΝΙΞ' ( '1 phoenix') inscription: 'ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ' ('Governor I.A. Kapodistrias')
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