Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 100 Drachmai 1875 (Gold plated copper, 35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h), pair of uniface presentation ESSAIs, Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. Obverse die, (35 mm, 16.74 g, 6 h). ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1875 Mature head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde). Reverse die, (35 mm, 16.92 g, 7 h). ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ, Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 100 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ; in the lower left field, ESSAI in tiny letters. Rev.B /EPREUVE/ 100 .F. /1855 in four lines (retrograde. Karamitsos T.62a & T62b (this set of coins mentioned). KM TS19 & TS20. Graded by NGC "PF 64+ ULTRA CAMEO (obverse) and PF 66 CAMEO (reverse)". Cert number: 6644261-003/004.

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. 4th century. (Glass, 22 mm, 2.19 g). Lion walking to left; above, star; all in relief on a translucent amber disk with a rolled rim. Cf. Entwistle and P. Corby Finney, "Late Antique Glass Pendants in the British Museum," in C. Entwistle and L. James, eds. New Light on Old Glass. Recent Research on Byzantine Mosaics and Glass, London 2013, 51-3. With a rich color. The suspension loop missing, otherwise, good very fine.