Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 20 Drachmai 1876 (Gold, 21 mm, 6.46 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1876 Youthful head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879), on the left, and an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878), on the right. Divo 46. Karamitsos 163. KM 49. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2909003-003.

SELEUKID KINGS. Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.93 g, 1 h), Ekbatana. Diademed head of Demetrios I to right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΣΩTHPOΣ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding an arrow in his right hand and resting a bow on the ground with his left. HGC 9, 803a. SC 1735.3. Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.