Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1842 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.27 g, 6 h), Heyer Pattern, Athens, struck from dies prepared in Athens by the engraver Heyer, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, X. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / (owl) 1842 Crowned coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath. Divo P36. Karamitsos 96a. KM Pn14. A. Walker, Num. Chron. 4 (1976), p. 63 fig. 10. Graded by NGC "VF 35". Cert number: 2908887-009.

ACHAIA, Achaian League. Megalopolis. Circa 160-146 BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 15,5 mm, 2.41 g, 3 h). Laureate head of Zeus to right. Rev. Monogram of the Achaian League; across field, K-I; above, Ξ; below, syrinx; all within laurel wreath. Agrinion 472a-j. BCD Peloponnesos 1550. Benner 15. Clerk 212. Good very fine.