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PARTHIAN SATRAPS. Andragoras (ca. mid-3rd century BC). AR tetradrachm (25mm, 16.92 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Ca. 246/5-239/8 BC. Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted headdress, single pendant earring, and pearl necklace; monogram of Andragoras behind / ANΔPAΓOPOY, Athena standing left, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long chiton, and himation, owl left on outstretched right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss; transverse spear beyond. BMC 3-4, pl. XXVIII, 2-3. Mitchiner 20. Struck from attractive, high relief dies. Pleasantly toned. The reverse design of particularly graceful style.
Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XX (29 October 2020), lot 315; previously in a German collection, ca. 1975, and from the Andragoras-Sophytes Group of the 1960s
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 8000-10000 USD
PARTHIAN SATRAPS. Andragoras (ca. mid-3rd century BC). AR tetradrachm (25mm, 16.92 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Ca. 246/5-239/8 BC. Head of Tyche right, wearing turreted headdress, single pendant earring, and pearl necklace; monogram of Andragoras behind / ANΔPAΓOPOY, Athena standing left, wearing Corinthian helmet pushed back on head, long chiton, and himation, owl left on outstretched right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield decorated with gorgoneion boss; transverse spear beyond. BMC 3-4, pl. XXVIII, 2-3. Mitchiner 20. Struck from attractive, high relief dies. Pleasantly toned. The reverse design of particularly graceful style.
Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction XX (29 October 2020), lot 315; previously in a German collection, ca. 1975, and from the Andragoras-Sophytes Group of the 1960s
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-parthian-satraps-andragoras-ca-mid-3rd-century-bc-ar-tetradrachm-25mm-1692-gm-6h-ngc-choice-auand-9/a/3101-34063.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3101-08252022
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 8000-10000 USD