Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1845 (Silver, 38 mm, 22.35 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /1845 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 10e. Karamitsos 114. KM 20. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908888-001.

IONIA. Ephesos. Circa 1st century. Tessera (Bronze, 23 mm, 5.01 g, 7 h). Ε-Φ / CΚωΠΙ Stag lying left, head turned back to right. Rev. ΚΗΡΙΛΙC ωΔΕ ΠΡΟC ΠΑΛΥΡΙΝ Bee seen from above. BMC 186. SNG Copenhagen 355. SNG von Aulock 1875. A series of tesserae, or tokens, was produced at the cult center of Ephesos during the Hellenistic period and later. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.