Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1845 (Silver, 38 mm, 22.35 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /1845 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 10e. Karamitsos 114. KM 20. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908888-001.

MACEDON. Philippi. The Triumvirs. Mark Antony, 42 BC. (Bronze, 22 mm, 6.51 g, 11 h), struck under the legatus coloniae deducendae, M. Paquius Rufus. A I C V P Bare head of Mark Antony to right; right hand holding a caduceus, within rectangular countermark punched against the lower right field. Rev. Q PAQVIVS RVF LEG C D Togate figure seated left on curule chair; at feet to left, urn. AMNG II 11. RPC I 1647. SNG ANS 673 (same obverse die). SNG Copenhagen 304. Very rare; struck just after the defeat of the assassins of Julius Caesar in 42 BC by the second Triumvirate. A few deposits, otherwise, about very fine.