Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1910 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.98 g, 6 h), Pattern lacking the mint marks and with large letters on reverse. Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1910 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding with her extended right hand the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion. Divo -. Karamitsos T.72. KM Pn41. Extremely rare, a pattern that has only appeared a very few times over the past generation. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2909004-007.

L. Plautius Hypsaeus, 57 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.70 g, 5 h), Rome. P•YPSAE•S•C Diademed and draped bust of Leuconoë to right, with dolphin swimming behind her neck. Rev. CEPIT / C•YPSAE•COS [PRIV] Jupiter driving quadriga left, holding reins and thunderbolt. Babelon, Plautia, 12. Crawford 420/2a. RBW 1515. Sydenham 911. Toned and clear. Very fine.