The official Greece 2022 Lord Byron, Part of the (Philhellenes) Friends of Greece series, 10 Euro Silver 1 OZ coin , proof in original box and certificate of Authenticity, exactly as issued by the Bank of Greece!
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Greece, 2022, 10 Euro, Silver Coin, Philhellenes: Lord Byron,Proof!
Issuer & Mintage Greece 2000 Coins Issuing regime Third Hellenic Republic (1974-date) Type Non-circulating coins Year 2022 Value 10 Euros (10 EUR) Currency Euro (2002-date) Composition Silver (.925) Weight 34.10 g Diameter 40 mm Shape Round Technique Milled, Coloured Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑ Number N#
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References KM# 365 Lord Byron, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer. He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, and is regarded as being among the greatest poets of the United Kingdom. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narratives Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage; many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies also became popular.
Byron was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, before he travelled extensively in Europe. He lived for seven years in Italy, in Venice, Ravenna, and Pisa after he was forced to flee England due to threats of lynching. During his stay in Italy, he would frequently visit his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life, Byron joined the Greek War of Independence to fight the Ottoman Empire, for which Greeks revere him as a folk hero. He died leading a campaign in 1824, at the age of 36, from a fever contracted after the first and second sieges of Missolonghi.