Experts in Coins & Medals

IONIAN ISLANDS, Ionian State, as a British protectorate. 1815-1864. Proof 1 Obol 1819 (Copper, 28 mm, 9.45 g, 12 h), London mint, struck from dies prepared by W. Wyon, plain edge. BRITANNIA᛫ Britannia seated to left on globe, holding trident with her left hand and an olive branch with her extended right; to the right, leaning on the globe, shield decorated with the Union Jack; on the exergual line, W. Rev. ΙΟΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΡΑΤΟΣ᛫ 1819᛫ The winged lion of Saint Mark walking to left, holding Book of Gospels surmounted by 7 arrows representing the 7 Ionian islands. Karamitsos I.17a. KM 32. Graded by NGC "PF 65 BN". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2909009-009.

NABATAEA. Aretas IV, with Shaqilat, 9 BC-AD 40. (Bronze, 19.5 mm, 4.20 g, 1 h), Petra. Jugate busts of Aretas, laureate and draped and Shuqailat, veiled and draped to right; in fields to left and right, H - F (in Nabataean). Rev. "Aretas Shuqailat" (in Nabataean). Two crossed cornucopiae. Barkay 186. CN 186. Meshorer, Nabataean 114. Earthen highlights. Irregular flan, otherwise, very fine.