Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 2 Lepta 1857 (Copper, 17 mm, 2.51 g, 5 h), Athens, struck from dies by K. Lange, reeded edge. BΑΣΙΛΕΙON ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center. Rev. 2 ΛΕΠΤΑ 1857 Denomination and date in three lines within a laurel wreath tied above and below. Divo 28b. Karamitsos 54. KM 31. Graded by NGC "UNC details / rev. corrosion". Cert number: 2908897-013.

EGYPT. Alexandria. Commodus, 177-192. Diobol (Bronze, 23.5 mm, 12.12 g, 12 h), dated regnal year KH (28) = 187/8. Μ Α ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤ CΕΒ ΕΥCΕΒ Laureate head of Commodus to right. Rev. L ΚΗ Bust of Harpocrates to right, wearing headdress and holding his right hand in front of his mouth; behind him, club surmounted by Osiris hawk. Dattari 3917. RPC IV.4, 3525. Scarce; only four examples recorded in RPC, half of them currently in public institutions. Pierced through, otherwise, very fine.