Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 2 Drachmai 1911 (Silver, 27 mm, 10.00 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1911 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ; privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) and torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930) flanking the date. Rev. ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding, with her right hand, the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion, and resting her left oat her waist. Divo 52. Karamitsos 158. KM 61. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908901-013.

BOEOTIA. Thespiai. early-mid 4th century BC. Obol (Silver, 11 mm, 0.81 g). Boeotian shield. Rev. Θ-Ε-Ϟ-ΠΙ Two vertical crescents back to back; all within an incuse circle. BCD Boiotia 591. BMC 1. CsP I, 320. SNG Copenhagen 398-399. Well-struck. About extremely fine.