Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1910 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.98 g, 6 h), Pattern lacking the mint marks and with large letters on reverse. Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1910 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding with her extended right hand the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion. Divo -. Karamitsos T.72. KM Pn41. Extremely rare, a pattern that has only appeared a very few times over the past generation. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2909004-007.

MYSIA. Parium. Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. (Bronze, 18 mm, 3.25 g, 6 h), with Faustina II, 161-165 or later. IMPER CAI M AV ANTO Draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius ro right. Rev. FAVST AVGVS Draped bust of Faustina II to right. RPC IV.2, 6412 (temporary). Exceptionally rare, only two nown to RPC. Marks and some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.