Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 10 Lepta 1912 (Copper-Nickel, 21 mm, 4.01 g, 6 h), a circulation issue lacking all privy marks, Paris , struck from dies by Ch. Pillet, plain edge with a central hole. 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ Owl standing facing on a Panathenaic amphora lying on its side; to right, olive branch; below, CH. PILLET; ΕSSAI, in tiny letters, in the upper right field. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ / ΤΗΣ /ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 1912 in four lines; to right, the crown of the Kingdom of Greece. Divo - (but P90 note, mentioning this coin). Karamitsos 139a, KM 63 var. Graded by NGC "AU details / polished". Cert number: 2909004-014.

ARCADIA. Heraea. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Assarion (Bronze, 22 mm, 4.82 g, 5 h). ΛOV CEΠ CEO – VHPOC ΠEPT Laureate and curaissed bust of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. HEPA – EΩN Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia in left hand and patera over burning altar in right. BCD Peloponnesos – (cf. 1375-6 for reverse type for Caracalla and Geta). Apparently unpublished type, save for an auction appearance, NAC 100, 2017, 1184 (same obverse die). Extremely rare. Very fine.