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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 123

Persia, Ecbatana, Andragoras, Satrap under Alexander III and Seleukos I (c. 330-315 B.C.), AR Tetradrachm, 16.75g., turreted bust of Tyche right, monogram behind, rev. ANÄPAÃOPOY, Athena standing left, holding owl in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on shield with gorgoneion at boss, spear behind (Mitchiner 20; BMC 3), toned, a little obverse die wear, otherwise about extremely fine and one of the finest known Estimate £ 4,000-5,000 PROVENANCE: Purchased February 1992 Illustrated on front cover

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