Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 10 Lepta 1912 (Copper-Nickel, 21 mm, 4.01 g, 6 h), a circulation issue lacking all privy marks, Paris , struck from dies by Ch. Pillet, plain edge with a central hole. 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ Owl standing facing on a Panathenaic amphora lying on its side; to right, olive branch; below, CH. PILLET; ΕSSAI, in tiny letters, in the upper right field. Rev. BAΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ / ΤΗΣ /ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 1912 in four lines; to right, the crown of the Kingdom of Greece. Divo - (but P90 note, mentioning this coin). Karamitsos 139a, KM 63 var. Graded by NGC "AU details / polished". Cert number: 2909004-014.

SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.93 g, 1 h), Ekbatana. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding an arrow in his right hand and resting a bow on the ground with his left. HGC 9, 803a. SC 1735.3. Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.