Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Constantine I, first reign, 1913-1917. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1915 (Silver, 27 mm, 10.02 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from an obverse die by Κ. Demetriadis and a reverse master die by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1915 Laureate mature head of Constantine I to left; below truncation, in small letters, K. ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΑΔΗΣ; in the lower right field, ESSAI . Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, ΔΙΔΡAXMON; in tiny letters in the lower right field, ESSAI . Divo P98. Karamitsos T.88. KM E35. Excessively rare pattern coin! Graded by NGC "PF 62". Cert number: 2908889-011.

PONTOS. Amisos. Time of Mithradates VI Eupator, circa 85-65 BC. (Bronze, 21 mm, 9.03 g, 12 h). Head of young Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. ΑΜΙΣΟΥ Panther skin and thyrsos on cista mystica; to left, monogram of HTPK. HGC 7, 243. Malloy 26c. SNG BM Black Sea 1205-7. SNG Stancomb 698. Some minor marks, otherwise, extremely fine.