Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1847 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.17 g, 7 h), Athens, 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 / 1847 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 14f. Karamitsos 99. KM 19. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Top pop in NGC. Cert number: 2908888-002.

CILICIA. Anazarbus. Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta, 249-251. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29.5 mm, 16.16 g, 6 h), year 269 = 250-251. EΡEΝΝΙΑΝ EΤΡΟΥCΚΙΛΛΑ CE Diademed and draped bust of Herennia Etruscilla to right, resting on a crescent. Rev. ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠ / Γ Γ / EΤ ΙEΡΟΥ ΟΛΥ/ΜΠ ΘΞC Nude Dionysos seated left, head right, on panther lying right, head turned to look back, holding thyrsos in left hand and resting right hand on head. SNG France 2120 (same dies). SNG Levante 1499 (same dies). Ziegler 762 (Vs2/Rs2). Mottled red and green patina. Very fine.