Experts in Coins & Medals

IONIAN ISLANDS, Ionian State, as a British protectorate. 1815-1864. 1 Obol 1819 (Copper, 28 mm, 9.22 g, 5 h), London mint, struck from dies prepared by W. Wyon, plain edge. BRITANNIA Britannia seated to left on globe, holding trident with her left hand and olive branch with her extended right hand; shield decorated with the Union Jack at her right side; W on exergual line. Rev. ΙΟΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ᛫ 1819᛫ The winged lion of Saint Mark walking to left, holding Book of Gospels surmounted by 7 arrows that represent the 7 Ionian islands. Karamitsos I.17. KM 32. Graded by NGC "AU 55 BN". Cert number: 2909007-006.

PAMPHYLIA. Side. Circa 205-100 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30.5 mm, 16.33 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrate Dei..., countermarked to be valid in Knidos. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet; c/m: tripod within square incuse. Rev. ΔΕΙ Nike alighting to left, holding wreath in her outstretched right hand and fold of her drapery with her left; to left, pomegranate. SNG France 674-5. SNG von Aulock 4786. Well-centered and with a clear countermark. Good very fine.