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CNG 100, Lot: 135. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDO-SKYTHIANS. Azes. Circa 58-12 BC. AV Quarter Stater (14mm, 3.30 g, 12h). BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN MEΓAΛOY AZOY, king on horseback right, holding whip in extended right hand and reins in left; de(?) in Kharosthi to inner right / Maha[rajasa rajatirajasa ma]hatasa Ayasa in Kharosthi, Zeus Nikephoros standing left, holding Nike in extended right hand and long scepter in left; monogram to inner left, nandipada above a in Kharosthi to inner right. Cf. Senior 105.60T and 105.570D; cf. Miho 46d (for example of another quarter stater of Azes). Good VF, toned in devices, a few field marks, struck with worn dies. Third example of an extremely rare denomination and unique with these controls.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 444.