The gold tobacco case belonging to Greece’s first governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831), will be auctioned off by a private auction house at Zappeion Hall in Athens on Saturday; its value has been assessed at 30,000-40,000 euros.
He served as a diplomat for Russian tsar Alexander and was later elected governor by the Greek National Assembly. He assumed his office in 1827 but was assassinated by political rivals in September 1831. He is buried on Corfu, where he was born.
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