Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 20 Drachmai 1833 (Gold, 21 mm, 5.78 g, 6 h), Munich, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Youthful head of Otho to left; below truncation in tiny letters, ΦΟΙΓΤ. Rev. 20 ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ 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 9. Karamitsos 117. KM 21. A coin that is seldom graded as high as MS by NGC. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2908887-001.

PAPHLAGONIA. Kromna. Circa 340 BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 18.5 mm, 3.43 g, 11 h), Persic standard. Laureate head of Zeus to left, his hair partially rolled at the back of his head but with some locks falling down below the neck truncation on both sides of his head. Rev. ΚΡΩΜΝΑ Head of the City-goddess or, perhaps, Hera to left, wearing turreted stephane adorned with palmette and scrolls, triple-pendant earring, necklace and drapery along the neck line; before neck N; above head, swastika to right. SNGBM Black sea 1328 (this obverse die). SNG Paris 394. SNG von Aulock 183-7 var. (different controls). Slightly rough obverse surfaces, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.