Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1833 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.21 g, 6 h), Munich, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K.Φ. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ /1833 Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath with ties below. Divo 14a. Karamitsos 94. KM 19. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Cert number: 2908890-008.

PHRYGIA. Laodicea ad Lycum. Augustus, 27 BC-14 AD. (Bronze, 18 mm, 6.71 g, 11 h), struck under Marcus Antonius Polemon philopatris, circa 5 AD. ΣEBAΣ-TOΣ Bare head of Augustus to right. Rev. ΦIΛOΠATPIΣ ΛAOΔIKEΩN Zeus Laodiceus standing to left, holding eagle in right and staff with left hand. BMC 145-6. RPC I, 2898. Some marks and deposits, otherwise, very fine.