Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1851 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.26 g, 6 h), Athens (or Vienna according to some scholars), struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otto to left. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / 1851 Crowned coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath. Divo 15a (this is possibly the coin illustrated). Karamitsos 100. KM 34. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2908887-013.

ASIA MINOR. Uncertain mint. Circa 5th century BC. Trihemiobol (?) (Silver, 9 mm, 1.06 g, 2 h). Forepart of griffin to right, with open jaws. Rev. Stylized lion’s head facing, with its mane consisting of snake-like appendages. Cf. CNG Electronic Auction 334, 2014, lot 157. Unpublished in the standard references. Slightly granular surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.