Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1910 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.98 g, 6 h), Pattern lacking the mint marks and with large letters on reverse. Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1910 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding with her extended right hand the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion. Divo -. Karamitsos T.72. KM Pn41. Extremely rare, a pattern that has only appeared a very few times over the past generation. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2909004-007.

Nero, AD 54-68. As (Copper, 26 mm, 9.90 g, 7 h), Rome, 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG GERM Laureate head of Nero to right. Rev. PACE P R VBIQ PARTA IANVM CLVSIT Temple of Janus with latticed windows and garland hung across closed doors on right; S-C across fields. BMC 230. Cohen 171. RIC² 347. WCN 294. Some marks, otherwise, nearly very fine.