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Nomos 31 Realized: 8000 CHF
GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1851 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.26 g, 6 h), Athens (or Vienna according to some scholars), struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otto to left. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / 1851 Crowned coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath. Divo 15a (this is possibly the coin illustrated). Karamitsos 100. KM 34. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2908887-013.

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Obolos 30 Realized: 1300 CHF
LYDIA. Thyateira. Septimius Severus, 193-211. Medallion (Bronze, 45 mm, 45.33 g, 6 h), struck under the strategos Asiaticus Hermogenes. AVT KAI Λ CEΠ CEOVHPOC ΠEP Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus to right. Rev. ЄΠI CTPA ACIATIKOV EPMOΓЄN / ΘPATЄIPHNΩN Septimius Severus, holding spear in his right hand, on horse standing right; behind, three soldiers standing right; to right below horse's raised foreleg, bound captive seated left. GRPC - Lydia 271 (same dies), otherwise unpublished. Extremely rare and only the second known example. Green patina with minor roughness and deposits, scrape on obverse, otherwise, very fine.

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23 March, 2024

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21 April, 2024

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