Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 20 Lepta 1876 (Copper-Nickel, 23 mm, 7.19 g, 6 h), Paris , struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of the Greek state, flanked by date 18-76, the whole within a circular cable border; around ESSAI MONETAIRE ✶ 20 ΛΑ ✶­­­. Rev. PARIS within a circular cable border; around, ALIAGE SEBILLOT ✶. Divo P86. Karamitsos T.63. KM E16. Graded by NGC "MS 64". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2909005-003.

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.