Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 50 Lepta 1874 (Silver, 18 mm, 2.48 g, 6 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ Youthful head of George I to left; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE and the privy marks bee (for the Mint Director, Renouard de Bussière, 1860-1879) on the left and an anchor (for the Engraver General, A. D. Barre, 1855-1878) on the right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ The crown of the Kingdom of Greece; below, 50 ΛΕΠΤΑ / 1874 / A in three lines. Divo 55b. Karamitsos 147. KM 37. Graded by NGC "MS 61". Cert number: 2909004-009.

CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 302-280 BC. Nomos (Silver, 21 mm, 7.67 g, 5 h), struck under the magistrates Si- and Lykon. Nude cavalryman striking downwards with a spear held in his right hand, with a shield over his far shoulder and holding two reserve spears in his left hand, riding a horse galloping to right; in the field behind him, [ΣI]; below, [ΛΥΚΩΝ]. Rev. TAPAΣ Phalanthos, nude, holding a [small dolphin] in his outstretched right hand, riding a dolphin swimming to left. Vlasto 695; HN Italy 967; SNG ANS 1069-70. Rough surfaces, otherwise, about very fine.