Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Constantine I, second reign, 1920-1922. 50 Lepta 1921 (Copper-Nickel, 25 mm, 7.17 g, 6 h), Heaton mint (Birmigham), struck from dies by Georgios Iakovidis, plain edge with a central hole. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ / 1921 Crowned and mantled shield bearing the coat of arms of the kingdom of Greece. Rev. 50 / ΛΕΠΤΑ Olive branch, above H (= Heaton). Divo 101. Karamitsos 168. KM 65. Graded by NGC "MS 63". Cert number: 2909005-014.

BULGARIA. Second Empire. Ivan Asen II, 1218–1241. Trachy (Bronze, 28 mm, 2.36 g, 6 h). IC - XC Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding scroll in left hand. Rev. Iω AC+bNbΦCB A T bI ΔHMHTPIE Ivan ΙΙ, on left, holding cruciform scepter in right hand, and St. Demetrios, on right, holding pommel of sword in left hand, holding between then a staff surmounted by a star. DOC 2. Dochev pl. 5,1. Porous, otherwise, about very fine.