Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1873 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.96 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by the engraver Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1873 Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. • ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ • Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 1 ΔΡΑΧΜH flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879) on the left and, on the right, an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878). Divo 53b. Karamitsos 150. KM 38. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908901-014.

CILICIA. Anazarbus. Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29.5 mm, 16.16 g, 6 h), year 269 = 250-251. EΡEΝΝΙΑΝ EΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΛΑ CE Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right, resting on a crescent. Rev. ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ / Γ Γ / EΤ ΙEΡΟΥ ΟΛΥ/ΜΠ ΘΞC Nude Dionysos seated left, head right, on panther lying right, head turned to look back, holding thyrsos in left hand and resting right hand on head. SNG France 2120 (same dies). SNG Levante 1499 (same dies). Ziegler 762 (Vs2/Rs2). Mottled red and green patina. Very fine.