Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 20 Lepta 1876 (Copper-Nickel, 23 mm, 7.19 g, 6 h), Paris , struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of the Greek state, flanked by date 18-76, the whole within a circular cable border; around ESSAI MONETAIRE ✶ 20 ΛΑ ✶­­­. Rev. PARIS within a circular cable border; around, ALIAGE SEBILLOT ✶. Divo P86. Karamitsos T.63. KM E16. Graded by NGC "MS 64". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2909005-003.

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.