Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1910 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.97 g, 7 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1910 Elderly head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, Γ. ΙΑΚΩΒΙΔΗΣ; privy marks cornucopia (for the Mint Director) and torch (for the Engraver General, Henri-Auguste Patey, 1896-1930) flanking the date. Rev. ΔΡΑΧΜH Veiled Thetis, seated to left on a hippocamp swimming to right, holding, with her right hand, the shield of Achilles adorned with a facing gorgoneion, and resting her left on her waist. Divo 54a. Karamitsos 153. KM 60. Graded by NGC "AU details / cleaned". Cert number: 2909004-006.

SELEUKID KINGS. Antiochos III ‘the Great’, 223-187 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27.5 mm, 16.80 g, 12 h), Antioch on the Orontes, circa 204-197 BC. Diademed head of Antiochos III to right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in right hand and resting left on bow; to outer left, bow in bowcase. HGC 9, 447u. SC 1044.5a. Light porosity, otherwise, good very fine.