Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1843 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.22 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K.Φ. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / (owl) 1843 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 14d. Karamitsos 97. KM 19. Graded by NGC "XF 45". Cert number: 2908887-011.

THRACE. Bizya. Otacilia, Augusta, 244-249. (Bronze, 24 mm, 6.38 g, 7 h). Μ ΩΤΑΚΕΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right. Rev. ΒΙΖΥ-ΗΝΩΝ Aphrodite standing facing, head turned to right, covering breasts with right arm and pudenda with left hand; at feet to right, garment on a vessel. Jurukova, Bizye 150. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 48719). Tachev, Bizija 14–17. Very rare. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.