Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 5 Lepta 1912 (Zinc, 19 mm, 3.00 g, 6 h), Paris , struck from dies by Ch. Pillet, plain edge and with a center hole. 5 / 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 -. Karamitsos T.78 (this coin, but not illustrated), KM E25. Extremely rare, only the second example known. Graded by NGC as "PF 63". Cert number: 2908902-006.

MOESIA SUPERIOR. Viminacium. Trajan Decius, 249-251. (Copper, 26 mm, 16.59 g, 7 h), Dated XI = CY 11 = 250/1. IMP CAES C MES Q DECIVS P F AVG Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Decius to right. Rev. P M S COL VIM Moesia standing between bull standing right and lion standing left; in exergue, AN XI. AMNG I, 124. BMC 28. RPC IX, 1. SNG Munich 195. Attractive green patina. Good very fine.