Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1834 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.27 g, 6 h), Paris, 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 / (anchor) 1834 A /✶ 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 14b. Karamitsos 95. KM 19. Graded by NGC "UNC details / obv. scratched". Cert number: 2908890-009.

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 302-280 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.67 g, 5 h), struck under the magistrates Si- and Lykon. Nude cavalryman striking downwards with a spear held in his right hand, with a shield over his far shoulder and holding two reserve spears in his left hand, riding a horse galloping to right; in the field behind him, [ΣI]; below, [ΛΥΚΩΝ]. Rev. TAPAΣ Phalanthos, nude, holding a [small dolphin] in his outstretched right hand, riding a dolphin swimming to left. Vlasto 695; HN Italy 967; SNG ANS 1069-70. Rough surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.