Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 100 Drachmai 1875 (Gold plated copper, 35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h), pair of uniface presentation ESSAIs, Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Obverse die, (35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h). ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde). Reverse die, (35 mm, 16.92 g, 7 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; in the lower left field, ESSAI in tiny letters. Rev.B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde. Karamitsos T.62a & T62b (this set of coins mentioned). KM TS19 & TS20. Graded by NGC "PF 64+ ULTRA CAMEO (obverse) and PF 66 CAMEO (reverse)". Cert number: 6644261-003/004.

LYDIA. Sardis. Elagabalus, 218-222. (Bronze, 23 mm, 6.01 g, 6 h). ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. CAPΔΙΑΝΩΝ B NEΩKOPΩN Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder with her right hand and cornucopia over her left arm. RPC VI Online 4469 . Extremely Rare. The fourth and finest known example. Lovely black patina and with a pleasing portrait of Elagabalus. Very fine.