Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1 Drachmi 1833 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.41 g, 7 h), Munich, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otto to right; below truncation in tiny letters, ΦΟÏΓΤ. Rev. 1 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ /1833 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 12c. Karamitsos 103. KM 15. Graded by NGC "AU 58". Cert number: 2908885-011.

CILICIA. Tarsos. Gordian III, 238-244. Pentassarion (Bronze, 36 mm, 29.20 g, 12 h). ΑΥΤ Κ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ / Π Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. Rev. ΤΑΡCΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩC On the right, Perseus holding harpe and patera facing to left towards Demeter standing to right, holding lighted torch in each hand; between them, garlanded altar, before which a sacrificial bull is lying to left; on the altar, half length figures of Tranquillina and Gordian standing to right, facing Perseus, jointly holding a shield; in the background, column surmounted by the statue of Apollo Lykeios; across fields, Α Μ Κ Γ Β. RPC VII.2, 3141. SNG France 1644. SNG Levante 1119. A few deposits, otherwise, nearly very fine.