Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1873 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.96 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by the engraver Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1873 Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. • ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 1 ΔΡΑΧΜH flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879) on the left and, on the right, an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878). Divo 53b. Karamitsos 150. KM 38. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908901-014.

SYRIA, Decapolis. Gadara. Tiberius, 14-37. (Bronze, 15 mm, 4.51 g, 12 h), Year 101 = 37/38. TIBEPIω KΑΙCΑΡΙ Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. ΓΑΔΑΡΑ L ΡΑ Turreted and veiled head of Tyche to right. Spijkerman 14. Clark, INR 18 (2023), 1e. Extremely rare with only eight known examples to RPC and no examples on Coinarchives. Good fine.