Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Constantine I, second reign, 1920-1922. 50 Lepta 1921 (Copper-Nickel, 25 mm, 6.90 g, 12 h), struck in medal alignment, i.e., 12h, King's Norton mint = Nobel Industries (Birmingham), 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 KN (= King's Norton). Divo 101. Karamitsos 169 var. KM 65 var. A great rarity, apparently the first known example of this coin type struck in medal alignment! Graded by NGC "AU details / environmental damage". Cert number: 2909009-005.

Caracalla, 198-217. As (Bronze, 26 mm, 10.23 g, 6 h), Rome, 211. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT Laureate head of Caracalla to right. Rev. VICTORIAE BRITANNICA / S C Victory seated left on pile of shields, balancing another shield on knee and holding palm branch. BMC p. 413, *. Cohen 634. RIC 521. Deposits, otherwise, good fine.