Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. Pattern 2 Drachmai 1911 (Silver, 27 mm, 9.98 g, 6 h), but lacking all privy marks, 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. Rev. ΔΙΔΡΑΧΜΟΝ 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. Divo -. Karamitsos T.74 (this coin, but not illustrated). KM Pn42. The only example known. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Unique in the Pop Report in NGC and PCGS. Cert number: 2908888-011.

EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan, 98-117. Dichalkon (Bronze, 15 mm, 1.65 g, 12 h), dated LIZ = RY 17 = 113/4. Laureate head of Trajan to right. Rev. Hippopotamus (or Elephant?) standing right; above, L ΙΖ (date). Dattari 1205. Emmett 708. Geissen 655. RPC III, 4818. Very fine.