Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 5 Drachmai 1833 (Pewter, 38 mm, 20.75 g, 7 h), Pewter Pattern, 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. ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /(anchor) 1833 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 -. Karamitsos T.22. KM PN13. Graded by NGC "AU details, cleaned". Cert number: 6644262-001.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hieropolis. Trajan, 98-117. (Bronze, 26 mm, 14.87 g, 12 h), commemorating the Festival of Atargatis/Astarte in Hieropolis. ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙϹ Ν[ΕΡΟΥ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑ] Laureate head of Trajan to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. ΘΕΑϹ ϹΥΡΙΑ/Ϲ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ/Α all within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom and closed with a medallion at the top. BMC 4. Butcher 7. RPC III, 3449. SNG Copenhagen 50. Scarce issue. Some corrosion, otherwise, nearly very fine.