Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1842 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.27 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) 1842 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 14c. Karamitsos 96. KM 19. A. Walker, Num. Chron. 4 (1976), p. 63 fig. 10. Graded by NGC "AU 58". Cert number: 2908887-010.

LUCANIA. Metapontion. Circa 330-290 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.66 g, 11 h), struck under the magistrates Dai... and Mach... Head of Demeter to right, wearing wreath of barley ears and triple-pendant earring; below chin, [ΔΑΙ]. Rev. ΜΕΤΑ Ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, plow; below leaf, ΜΑΧ. HN III 1581. Johnston Class C, 1. Light porosity, otherwise, very fine.