Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/4 Drachmi 1855 (Silver, 15 mm, 1.06 g, 6 h), Athens (or Vienna according to some scholars), struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to left. Rev. 1/4 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / 1855 Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath with ties below. Divo 17b. Karamitsos 93a. KM 33. Graded by NGC "AU details / tooled". Cert number: 2908897-003.

KINGS OF COMMAGENE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes, with Iotape, AD 38-circa 72. Dichalkon (Bronze, 17 mm, 3.74 g, 6 h), early series, Samosata, c. 38-40 or 41-54. Capricorn to right, with star above to left. Rev. KOMMAΓHNΩN Four-pointed tiara. ACV 236. Kovacs 243. RPC I 3862. Well centered and with a sharp depiction of an Armenian tiara. Lovely black patina. About very fine.