Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Drachmai 1875 (Silver, 37 mm, 25.00 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1875 Mature head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879), on the left, and an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878), on the right. Divo 50a. Karamitsos 159. KM 46. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2908901-010.

EGYPT. Alexandria. Commodus, 177-192. Diobol (Bronze, 23.5 mm, 12.12 g, 12 h), dated regnal year KH (28) = 187/8. Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤ CΕΒ ΕΥCΕΒ Laureate head of Commodus to right. Rev. L ΚΗ Bust of Harpocrates to right, wearing headdress and holding his right hand in front of his mouth; behind him, club surmounted by Osiris hawk. Dattari 3917. RPC IV.4, 3525. Scarce; only four examples recorded in RPC, half of them currently in public institutions. Pierced through, otherwise, very fine.