Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1 Lepton 1848 (Copper, 16.5 mm, 1.30 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. BΑΣΙΛΕΙON ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center. Rev. 1 ΛΕΠΤON 1848 Denomination and date in three lines within a laurel wreath tied above and below. Divo 31b. Karamitsos 35. KM 26. Graded by NGC "XF details / environmental damage". Cert number: 2908900-012.

LUCANIA. Herakleia. Circa 281-278 BC. Nomos (Silver, 20.5 mm, 7.25 g, 1 h), Early Pyrrhic. ΗΡΑΚΛΗΙΩΝ Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet adorned, on the bowl, with Skylla hurling a stone to right, and a triple pendant earring; behind Athena's neck, Κ. Rev. Youthful Herakles standing facing, nude but for a strap across his chest and with a lion's skin over his left arm, holding a bow and an arrow in his left hand and a club in his right; above club to left, skyphos; in field to left, ΑΘΑ. Van Keuren 86. HN III, 1384. Minor marks, otherwise, very fine.