Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1911 (Silver, 27 mm, 9.90 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1911 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ. Rev. ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding with her right hand, the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion; ESSAI in tiny letters in the right field. Divo P 80. Karamitsos T.75 (this coin mentioned). KM EA23. Graded by NGC "MS 64". Top Pop from NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908902-003.

BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I, circa 200-185 BC. Obol (Silver, 13 mm, 0.70 g, 12 h), Panjhir. Diademed and draped bust of Demetrios I to right, wearing elephant's skin headdress. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ Herakles, nude, standing facing, crowning himself with wreath held in right hand, holding club and lion's skin in left; to left, monogram of PKA. Bopearachchi 3B. HGC 12, 65 (R1). SNG ANS 193-8. Rare, and well centered. Good very fine.