Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1833 (Copper, 23 mm, 4.75 g, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. ZUR KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• around an ornate mantled and helmeted shield bearing a quartered coat of arms. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• in three lines; around, PROBE EINES PRÄGWERKES 1833•. Divo P40. Hauser 870. Karamitsos T.11. KM -. Graded by NGC "XF 45 BN". Cert number: 2908901-007.

The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus and L. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, 43-42 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.49 g, 7 h), mint moving with the army of Brutus and Cassius, possibly struck in Smyrna. C•CASSI•IMP - LEIBERTAS Diademed and veiled head of Libertas to right, wearing earring and pearl necklace. Rev. LENTVLVS / SPINT Jug and lituus. Babelon (Cassia) 16, (Cornelia) 75 . Crawford 500/5. CRI 221. Sydenham 1307. Crescent banker's mark on reverse. Some deposits and minor marks. Good very fine.