Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1855 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.24 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 / 1855 Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath with ties below. Divo 15b. Karamitsos 101a. KM 34. Graded by NGC "AU details / cleaned". Cert number: 2908885-015.

LESBOS. Mytilene. Circa 377-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum, 10.5 mm, 2.50 g, 12 h). Half length bust of a maenad to right, her hair bound in sphendone, wearing disc-shaped earring. Rev. Lighted race torch within linear square. Bodenstedt 92. Boston MFA 1744. SNG Copenhagen 330. SNG von Aulock 1723. Well-centered. Minor marks, otherwise, about extremely fine.