Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1855 (Silver, 17 mm, 2.24 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 / 1855 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 15b. Karamitsos 101a. KM 34. Graded by NGC "AU details / cleaned". Cert number: 2908885-015.

CILICIA. Kelenderis. Circa 425-400 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 9.51 g, 10 h). Youth, holding whip and reins, dismounting from horse rearing right; to upper left, sun with ten rays; below horse, EP. Rev. ΚΕΛΕ Mountain goat kneeling to right, head turned back to left; to right, facing head of lion. Cf. BMC 34-35. Cf. von Aulock 5640 (same obverse). Nomos 9, 21 October 2014, 174. Apparently unpublished in the standard references. Rare and stylistically very attractive. Rough surfaces, otherwise, very fine.