Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1833 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.21 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.Φ. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ /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 14a. Karamitsos 94. KM 19. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Cert number: 2908890-008.

MYSIA. Kyzikos. Valerian I, 253-260. (Bronze, 25 mm, 10.53 g, 12 h), struck under the strategos Apollonides. ΑΥΤ Κ Π ΛΙΚ ΟΥΑΛΕΡΙΑΝΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian to right . Rev. ΕΠΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΔΟΥ ΚΥΖΙΚΗ/ΝΩΝ Lighted altar between two flaming torches entwined by serpents. RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 61878), this coin listed. SNG France 859 (same obverse die). SNG Leypold 359. Scarce. Very fine.