Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 10 Lepta 1912 (Copper-Nickel, 21 mm, 3.95 g, 6 h), Paris , struck from dies by Ch. Pillet, plain edge with a central hole. 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ Owl standing facing on a Panathenaic amphora lying on its side; to right, olive branch; below, CH. PILLET; ΕSSAI, in tiny letters, in the upper right field. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ / ΤΗΣ /ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 1912 in four lines; to right, the crown of the Kingdom of Greece; the privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) and torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930) flanking the date. Divo -. Karamitsos T.80. KM E28. Graded by NGC "PF 64". Cert number: 2909005-006.

MYSIA. Parium. Trajan, 98-117. (Bronze, 18 mm, 2.74 g, 12 h), before 214. TRAIANVS AVG Laureate head of Trajan to right: c/m capricorn to right within oval punch. Rev. PLOTINA ET MARCIANA AVG Draped bust of Plotina on left and Marciana on right facing one another. RPC III, 1543. SNG France 1468. For c/m: Howgego, Countermarks, 304. Scarce. Very fine.