Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 1 Drachmi 1911 (Silver, 23 mm, 4.99 g, 6 h), Paris, struck from dies by Georgios Jakobides, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / 1911 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 at her waist. Divo 54b. Karamitsos 154. KM 60. Graded by NGC "AU 58". Cert number: 2909004-008.

Tiberius, 14-37. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.57 g, 3 h), "Tribute Penny" type, Lugdunum, circa 18-35. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS Laureate head of Tiberius to right. Rev. PONTIF MAXIM Female figure (Livia?), seated right on a throne with ornate legs, her feet resting on a footstool, holding a scepter with her right hand and an olive branch in her left. BMC 48. Cohen 16. Lyon Group 4, 150. RIC 30. Some porosity and minor marks, otherwise, good very fine.