Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1911 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.99 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; privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) and torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930) flanking the date. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH 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, and resting her left at her waist. Divo 54b. Karamitsos 154. KM 60. Graded by NGC "AU 58". Cert number: 2909004-008.

SICILY. Leontini. Circa 425-420 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25 mm, 16.76 g, 5 h). Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, olive spray. Rev. LEO-NT-I-N-ON Head of roaring lion to right, with open jaws and tongue protruding; three barley grains around; below, mullet swimming to right. Boehringer, Münzgeschichte 62 = de Luynes 1000 (same dies). Gillet 652 (same dies). HGC 2, 674. Rare type. Attractive cabinet tone and of fine style. Good very fine.