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Nomos 37

Zurich, 16 November 2025, 14:00 CET

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich

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Estimate: 850 CHF
Hammer Price:  1100 CHF
Lot 190

BACTRIA OR PARTHIA. Andragoras, satrap, circa 245-238 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15 mm, 3.59 g, 6 h), local standard. Head of Athena to right, wearing Attic helmet adorned with Π-shaped palmette; monogram of Andragoras(?) behind neck. Rev. Eagle with folded wings standing to left, his head turned back to right; above his back, grape cluster and leaf on vine branch. Bopearachchi, Sophytes, Series 2A. HGC 12, 8. SNG ANS 16. L.W.H.Taylor, Birds of a Feather..., AJN 31, 2019, Series 3.4, 163. Very attractive, toned and well-centered. Flan fault on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From the Antipodes Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 276, 19 April 2021, 260 and Roma XVI, 26 September 2018, 410 (originally acquired in Germany in 1975, but there since the late 1960s).

Online bidding closes: 16 Nov 2025, 09:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 5 Feb 2026, 23:40:13 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1100 CHF
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