Experts in Coins & Medals

IONIAN ISLANDS, Septinsular Republic. Under partial British occupation. 1809-1814. 25 Paras 1813/4 (Silver, 22 mm, 2.02 g), struck on a 1689 Carlino of Charles II of Naples and Sicily, Zante (Zakynthos). Countermarked on the host reverse with an oval indent containing a laureate and draped bust of George III above the denomination 25. Rev. Countermarked on the host obverse with a square indent containing the denomination 25. Karamitsos I.6b. KM 18. Lambros 18. Host Coin: Fair, Countermark: Good very fine. Graded by NGC "Fair 2". Cert number: 2909009-007.

Michael II the Amorian, with Theophilus, 820-829. Follis (Bronze, 29.5 mm, 7.50 g, 6 h), Constantinople, 821-829. MIXAHL S ΘЄOFILOS Crowned facing busts of Michael II, on left, wearing chlamys, and Theophilus, on right, wearing loros; between their heads, cross. Rev. X/X/X - N/N/N / Θ Large M; above, cross. DOC 10. SB 1642. Green patina. Very fine.