Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1855 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.24 g, 6 h), Athens (or Vienna according to some scholars), struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otto to left. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / 1855 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 15b. Karamitsos 101a. KM 34. Graded by NGC "AU details / cleaned". Cert number: 2908885-015.

MYSIA. Lampsakos. Circa 500-450 BC. Obol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.70 g, 12 h). Janiform female head, wearing a double stephane and a single circular earring. Rev. Head of Athena to left, wearing crestless Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. Baldwin, Lampsakos, Group A Type I, pl. V, 14. SNG France 1131. Flat strike on reverse and corrosion, otherwise, very fine.