Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1843 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.22 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) 1843 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 14d. Karamitsos 97. KM 19. Graded by NGC "XF 45". Cert number: 2908887-011.

MYSIA. Miletopolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue, 1st century BC-1st century AD. (Bronze, 21.5 mm, 5.95 g, 12 h). Ο ΔΗΜΟϹ ΑΞΙΟΧΟΝ Bare head of Demos with the features of Axiochos to right. Rev. ΜΙΛΗΤΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Bust of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and aegis. RPC I 2237. GRMK 48, FITA 391. SNG von Aulock 7417. For c/m: GIC - (owl standing facing, wings closed). Well struck with a powerful portrait of Axiochos. The seventh and finest known. Only two examples on CoinArchives. About extremely fine.