Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1868 (Silver, 27 mm, 10.01 g, 6 h), Essai, unmarked and lacking the privy marks on the reverse, Paris, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A 1868 Youthful 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, 2 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ. Divo -. Karamitsos T.42 = KM E23 (this coin, but not illustrated). Graded by NGC "PF 64". Unique in pop report in both companies. Cert number: 2908888-009.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera, 51-30 BC. 80 Drachmai or Diobol (Bronze, 27 mm, 17.63 g, 12 h), Alexandria. Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ Eagle, with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt to left; to left, cornucopia; to right, Π (= 80). SNG Copenhagen 419-21. Svoronos 1871. Good fine.