Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1851 (Silver, 36 mm, 22.20 g, 6 h), Athens (or Vienna for certain scholars), struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to left. Rev. 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ /1851 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 11. Karamitsos 116a. KM 36. Graded by NGC "AU 55". Cert number: 2908885-007.

SYRIA, Cyrrhestica. Hieropolis. Philip II, 247-249. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 28 mm, 16.88 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip to right. Rev. ΘΕΑC CΥΡΙΑϹ ΙΕΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ Atargatis, holding scepter, seated on lion advancing right. Butcher 64c. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 7972). SNG Copenhagen 64. SNG Munich 485. Some pitting, otherwise, very fine.