Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1844 (Silver, 38 mm, 22.49 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /(owl) 1844 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 10d. Karamitsos 113. KM 20. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Cert number: 2908887-004.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Nerva, 96-98. (Bronze, 30 mm, 15.36 g, 12 h). IMP CAESAR NERVA AVG III COS Laureate head of Nerva to right. Rev. Large SC over small I; the whole within laurel wreath of eight bunches. BMC 264. CRS 193. McAlee 421j. RPC III, 3488. Bold portrait of Nerva. Weight adjustment marks on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.