Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1842 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.27 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K.Φ. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / (owl) 1842 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 14c. Karamitsos 96. KM 19. A. Walker, Num. Chron. 4 (1976), p. 63 fig. 10. Graded by NGC "AU 58". Cert number: 2908887-010.

CRUSADERS, Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Amaury, 1163-1174. Denier (Silver, 17 mm, 0.78 g, 4 h). AMALRICVS REX Cross pattée with annulets in 2nd and 3rd quarters. Rev. + DE IERVSALEM Church of the Holy Sepulchre. CCS 23. Metcalf, Crusades 171-3. Lightly toned. Slightly porous. Very fine.