Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Drachmai 1875 (Silver, 37 mm, 24.78 g, 6 h), variety with the inverted anchor. Paris = A, mintage: unknown but very few, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1875 Mature head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned and mantled coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 5 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ flanked by the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879), on the left, and an inverted anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878), on the right. Divo 50a note. Karamitsos 159a. KM 46. Graded by NGC "VF 30". Cert number: 2908901-009.

ISLAMIC WEIGHTS, Eastern Mediterranean/Aegean Area. Circa 9-14th century. (Bronze, 476 g). Lot of Twenty (20) Islamic weights of different styles, the faces of some decorated with circular stamps. Cf. Pondera 11744 ff. Very fine to extremely fine. Sold as is, no returns (20).