Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 50 Lepta 1883 (Silver, 18 mm, 2.47 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE and the privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director, Jean-Louis Ruau, 1875-1891) on the left and fasces (for the Engraver General, Jean Lagrange, 1880-1896) on the right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ The crown of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 50 ΛΕΠΤΑ / 1883 / A in three lines. Divo 55c. Karamitsos 148. KM 37. Graded by NGC "VF 30". Cert number: 2909004-011.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Nerva, 96-98. (Bronze, 30 mm, 15.36 g, 12 h). IMP CAESAR NERVA AVG III COS Laureate head of Nerva to right. Rev. Large SC over small I; the whole within laurel wreath of eight bunches. BMC 264. CRS 193. McAlee 421j. RPC III, 3488. Bold portrait of Nerva. Weight adjustment marks on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.