Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Otho, 1832-1862. 1/2 Drachmi 1843 (Silver, 19 mm, 2.22 g, 6 h), Athens, struck from dies by Carl Friedrich Voigt, reeded edge. ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Mature head of Otho to right; below truncation in tiny letters, K.Φ. Rev. 1/2 ΔΡΑΧΜΗ / (owl) 1843 Crowned shield bearing the coat of arms of Greece with the Wittelsbach arms at the center; all within an olive wreath with ties below. Divo 14d. Karamitsos 97. KM 19. Graded by NGC "XF 45". Cert number: 2908887-011.

BULGARIA. Second Empire. Ivan Asen II, 1218–1241. Trachy (Bronze, 28 mm, 2.27 g, 6 h). IC - XC Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding scroll in left hand. Rev. Iω AC+bNbΦCB A T bI ΔHMHTPIE Ivan ΙΙ, on left, holding cruciform scepter in right hand, and St. Demetrios, on right, holding pommel of sword in left hand, holding between then a staff surmounted by a star. DOC 2. Dochev pl. 5,1. Porosity, otherwise, nearly very fine.