The Official Greece 2022, Battle of Chios (The Chios Massacre), 5 Euro Silver BU Coin, in its original Bank of Greece Issued Blister!
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Greece, 2022, 5 Euro, Silver Coin, Great Battles of Greece: Chios
Issuer & Mintage Greece, 5000 Coins Issuing regime Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) Type Non-circulating coins Year 2023 Value 5 Euros (5 EUR) Currency Euro (2002-date) Composition Billon (.333 silver) Weight 17 g Diameter 31 mm Shape Round Technique Milled Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N#
387884
References KM# 371 Battle of Chios: The inhabitants of Chios rose up against Ottoman rule on 11 March 1822, incited by the revolted
Samians led by Lykourgos Logothetis.
The Sultan, infuriated with the defiance of the Chiots, who enjoyed a privileged status, dispatched Kara Ali and his fleet against the island. Heavy bombardment was followed by the landing of 7,000 Ottoman troops. The poorly planned uprising was easily suppressed, as Logothetis and the Samians abandoned the island to its fate.
All of Chios was set ablaze and tens of thousands of Christians were massacred or enslaved. The events provoked outrage across Europe, sparking a new wave ofphilhellenism. In June 1822, the Greeks heroically avenged themselves with the burning of the Turkish flagship by Konstantinos Kanaris, in which Kara Ali himself was fatally injured. The Chios massacre was immortalised by Eugène Delacroix in his painting Scène des massacres de Scio and by Victor Hugo in his poem L’enfant.