Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Andragoras (246-238 BC), Seleucid Satrap of Parthia, Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Hekatompylos(?), head of Tyche in turreted crown right, dotted border, rev Athena standing left, holding eagle in outstretched right hand, left hand resting on shield with gorgoneion device, behind her, slanting spear pointing downwards, ΑΝΔΡΑΓΟΡΟY right, dotted border, 15.77g, 6h (BMC Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (1922), cxlviii-clx, 193, nos.3-4, pl.XXVIII, 2-3). Good fine, some scratches on both sides, very rare.
ex M Foroughi Collection
see R Ghirshman, "Un tétradrachme d'Andragoras de la collection de M. Foroughi", in D K Kouymjian (ed), Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History. Studies in Honor of George C. Miles. American University of Beirut (1974), 1-8 and figs. 1-2, this coin
Estimate: £400-600
Andragoras (246-238 BC), Seleucid Satrap of Parthia, Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Hekatompylos(?), head of Tyche in turreted crown right, dotted border, rev Athena standing left, holding eagle in outstretched right hand, left hand resting on shield with gorgoneion device, behind her, slanting spear pointing downwards, ΑΝΔΡΑΓΟΡΟY right, dotted border, 15.77g, 6h (BMC Arabia, Mesopotamia and Persia (1922), cxlviii-clx, 193, nos.3-4, pl.XXVIII, 2-3). Good fine, some scratches on both sides, very rare.
ex M Foroughi Collection
see R Ghirshman, "Un tétradrachme d'Andragoras de la collection de M. Foroughi", in D K Kouymjian (ed), Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History. Studies in Honor of George C. Miles. American University of Beirut (1974), 1-8 and figs. 1-2, this coin
Estimate: £400-600