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.

Septimius Severus, 193-211. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.50 g, 12 h), Rome, 201. SEVERVS PIVS AVG Laureate head of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. FVNDATOR PACIS Septimius Severus, togate, standing left, holding an olive branch in his right hand and a scroll in his left. BMC 330-1. Cohen 205. Hill 505. RIC 265. Well struck with clear details. Nearly extremely fine.