Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 5 Drachmai 1833 (Copper, 38 mm, 21.35 g, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. Obelisk, flanked by: WELCHE IM RUSS./ KRIEGE DEN TOD / FAN-DEN, in three lines; around, DENKMAL DER DREISSIGTAUSEND BAIERN. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• / 1833• in four lines; around, PROBE DES THALERPRÄGWERKES - F• D• KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• (= Test Strike of the Thaler Striking Machinery for the Royal Mint in Greece). Divo P37. Hauser 873. Karamitsos T.12. KM PnA13. One of the finest known examples! Graded by NGC "MS 62". Top pop in NGC. Cert number: 2908901-005.

JUDAEA, Herodians. Agrippa II, with Domitian, 50-100 CE. (Bronze, 22.5 mm, 9.84 g, 12 h), Caesarea Panias (as Neronias), year 35 of Agrippa II's first era = 83-84. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑ ΚΑΙCΑΡΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ Laureate head of Domitian to right. Rev. ETOY EΛ BA / AΓΡΙ-ΠΠΑ Nike advancing right, holding wreath in right hand and palm over left shoulder. Hendin 6329. RPC II 2297. TJC 180. Some roughness, otherwise, very fine.