Definitive Issue - Ancient Greek Art

Greece · 2001 · €0.01

This definitive stamp, the lowest denomination in the 2001 series, features a detail from a marble head of a Kouros. The sculpture, dating from the Archaic period (circa 530 BC), represents an idealized young male figure and is a prime example of early Greek artistic achievement.

Issued in 2001, this series was part of the transition to the Euro currency in Greece, which officially replaced the Drachma in 2002. The designs celebrated Greece's rich artistic heritage from antiquity.