Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 5 Drachmai 1845 (Silver, 38 mm, 22.35 g, 6 h), Athens, 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 /1845 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 10e. Karamitsos 114. KM 20. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Top pop in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908888-001.

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Trajan, 98-117. (Orichalcum, 26 mm, 16.07 g, 5 h), Rome, struck for circulation in Syria, 98-99. AYTO KAIC NEP TPAIANO CEB ΓEPM Laureate head of Trajan to right. Rev. ΔHMAPX EΞ YPAT B in two lines within laurel wreath. Butcher p. 409, 14 (Koinon). McAlee 498/1 (Antioch). RPC III, 3653. Sydenham, Caesarea 91 (Cappadocia). Cleaned, otherwise, about extremely fine.