Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1833 (Silver, 38 mm, 21.94 g, 5 h), Athens, but struck in 1843, in a mintage of 435 pieces, 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. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /(owl) 1833 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 10c. Karamitsos 112. KM 20. Graded by NGC "VF details / obv graffiti". Cert number: 2908887-003.

KUSHANO-SASANIANS. Hormizd I, circa 265-295. (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.11 g, 12 h), Baktrian mint, probably Balkh. AWHRMYZDY MLKA ('Hormiz King' in Pahlawi) Draped bust of Hormizd I to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos and a lion's head. Rev. BWLZAWNDY YZDTY ('Exalted God', in Pahlawi) God emerging from fire altar, holding diadem in his right hand and long spear in his left. ANS Kushan 2225-2236. Cribb 24. Donum Burns 909-35. MK 1052. Nearly very fine.