Experts in Coins & Medals

GREECE. Georgios I, 1863-1913. 5 Drachmai 1876 (Gold, 17 mm, 1.60 g, 5 h), Paris = A, struck from dies by Albert-Désiré Barre, reeded edge. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ Α! ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ / A. Youthful head of George I to right; below truncation, in tiny letters, BAPPE. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ Laurel wreath containing surrounding 5 / ΔΡΑΧΜΑΙ / 1876 in three lines; 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. Divo 49. Karamitsos 161. KM 47. Graded by NGC "UNC details / cleaned". Cert number: 2909003-006.

THRACE. Perinthos. Circa 217-200 BC. (Bronze, 22 mm, 5.72 g, 12 h). Jugate heads of Serapis and Isis to right. Rev. ΠΕΡΙΝ / ΘΙΩΝ Apis bull standing left; below, two foreparts of horses joined together; to left, uncertain monogram. HGC 3.2, 1620. Schönert-Geiss, Perinthos 46 var. (monogram). SNG Copenhagen 723 var. (monogram). Scarce. Rough surfaces and minor encrustations, otherwise, about very fine.