Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1833 (Silver, 38 mm, 22.35 g, 6 h), Munich, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 1833 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 10a. Karamitsos 110. KM 20. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908885-005.

PAPHLAGONIA. Sinope. Circa 330-300 BC. Drachm (Silver, 20 mm, 5.97 g, 6 h), struck under the magistrate Ικεσιο. Head of the nymph Sinope to left, her hair bound in a sakkos and wearing a triple pendant earring and a pearl necklace; before her to left, aplustre. Rev. ΣΙΝΩ /IKEΣIO Sea-eagle with spread wings standing on dolphin swimming to left. HGC 7, 391. Cf. SNG Black Sea 1487 (same magistrate). SNG Stancomb -. Rare with the full magistrate's name on the flan. Test cut and some scratches on obverse, otherwise, very fine.