Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Iohannes Kapodistrias, as Governor, 1827-1831. 10 Lepta 1831 (Copper, 31 mm, 16.68 g, 12 h), dies prepared by the engravers Georgios Papakonstantopoulos and Dimitrios Kontos, Aegina, plain edge. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Phoenix arising from the flames; above, rays of the rising sun and cross flanked by two stars; below, αωκα = 1821 in Greek alphabetic numerals. Rev. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ ᛫1831᛫ around a wreath of olive and laurel enclosing the denomination, 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in two lines. Chase 420 (M/i). Divo 4. Karamitsos 18.20. KM 12. Graded by NGC "AU 55 BN". Cert number: 2908886-011.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Parion or Ionia?. 625-600 BC. 1/3 Stater (Silver, 15 mm, 3.58 g). Raised incused square. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but struck from the same dies as CNG 3366 (2016), 585. Nearly very fine.