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.

KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos, 305-281 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 31 mm, 16.39 g, 11 h), Byzantion (?), circa 225-175. Diademed head of Alexander the Great to right with horn of Ammon over his ear. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ Athena seated left, holding Nike in right hand and leaning with her left arm on shield decorated with lion's head; behind, transverse spear; in inner left field, monogram; in exergue, ΘΕ. Meydancikkale 2705. Thompson -. Porous, otherwise, very fine.