Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Iohannes Kapodistrias, as Governor, 1827-1831. 10 Lepta 1831 (Copper, 31 mm, 15.16 g, 12 h), dies prepared by the engravers Georgios Papakonstantopoulos and Dimitrios Kontos, Aegina, plain edge. ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ Phoenix arising from the flames; above, rays of the rising sun and cross flanked by two stars; below, αωκα = 1821 in Greek alphabetic numerals. Rev. ΚΥΒΕΡΝΗΤΗΣ Ι.Α. ΚΑΠΟΔΙΣΤΡΙΑΣ ᛫1831᛫ around a wreath of olive and laurel enclosing the denomination, 10 / ΛΕΠΤΑ in two lines. Chase 423 (P/j). Divo 4. Karamitsos 18.23. KM 12. Graded by NGC "XF 45 BN". Cert number: 2908886-009.

THRACE. Bizya. Otacilia, Augusta, 244-249. (Bronze, 24 mm, 6.38 g, 7 h). Μ ΩΤΑΚΕΙΛΙΑ ϹΕΒΗΡΑ ϹΕΒ Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia Severa to right. Rev. ΒΙΖΥ-ΗΝΩΝ Aphrodite standing facing, head turned to right, covering breasts with right arm and pudenda with left hand; at feet to right, garment on a vessel. Jurukova, Bizye 150. RPC VIII, — (unassigned; ID 48719). Tachev, Bizija 14–17. Very rare. Slightly rough surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.