Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1851 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.26 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 / 1851 Crowned coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath. Divo 15a (this is possibly the coin illustrated). Karamitsos 100. KM 34. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2908887-013.

PAMPHYLIA. Aspendos. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Diassarion (Bronze, 25 mm, 8.07 g, 6 h). Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ CΕΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander to right, seen from rear. Rev. ACΠENΔIΩΝ Isis Pharia advancing to right, head turned to left, wearing lotus, holding sail and sistrum. RPC VI, 10885.2 (this coin). Extremely rare, with only two examples recorded by RPC editors, and only this coin available that is not in a museum. Very fine/very good.