Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. Pattern 1 Drachmi 1833 (Copper, 23 mm, 4.75 g, 6 h), struck from dies by Traugott Ertel, Munich, reeded edge. ZUR KÖN• MÜNZE IN GRIECHENLAND• around an ornate mantled and helmeted shield bearing a quartered coat of arms. Rev. T• ERTEL / IN / MÜNCHEN• in three lines; around, PROBE EINES PRÄGWERKES 1833•. Divo P40. Hauser 870. Karamitsos T.11. KM -. Graded by NGC "XF 45 BN". Cert number: 2908901-007.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes, 246-222 BC. Diobol (Bronze, 31 mm, 24.57 g, 11 h), Tyre. Diademed head of Zeus Ammon to right, with ram's horn over diadem. Rev. ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; in left field, club. CPE B467. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 707. Weiser -. Attractive black patina with red earthen highlights. Some roughness, otherwise, very fine.