Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/4 Drachmi 1833 (Silver, 16.5 mm, 1.14 g, 6 h), Munich, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, K.Φ. Rev. 1/4 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 16a. Karamitsos 89. KM 18. Graded by NGC "MS 62". Cert number: 2908890-010.

THRACE. Perinthos. Circa 217-200 BC. (Bronze, 22 mm, 5.72 g, 12 h). Jugate heads of Serapis and Isis to right. Rev. ΠΕΡΙΝ / ΘΙΩΝ Apis bull standing left; below, two foreparts of horses joined together; to left, uncertain monogram. HGC 3.2, 1620. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 46 var. (monogram). SNG Copenhagen 723 var. (monogram). Scarce. Rough surfaces and minor encrustations, otherwise, about very fine.