Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Constantine I, first reign, 1913-1917. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1915 (Copper-Nickel, 23 mm, 4.96 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from an obverse die by Κ. Demetriadis and a reverse master die by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1915 Laureate mature head of Constantine I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, K. Δ.; in the lower right field, ESSAI . Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, ΔΡAXMH; in tiny letters on the lower right field, ESSAI . Divo - (this coin mentioned in the note to P100). Karamitsos T.86. KM E32. Graded by NGC "PF 64". Cert number: 2909009-006.

Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.92 g, 1 h), military mint moving with Pompey in Greece, M. Terentius Varro, proquaestor. VARRO•PRO-Q Terminal bust of Jupiter to right, wearing diadem. Rev. MAGN PRO / COS Long sceptre upright, flanked by dolphin on the left and eagle on the right. Babelon (Terentia) 15 and (Pompeia) 7. Crawford 447/1a. RBW - (but cf. 1566). Sydenham 1033. Woytek, Arma et Nummi, p. 558 (for date). Very rare. Good very fine.