Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 442. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (7.99 g, 12h). Mint II (B). 3rd emission. [ÞAONA]NOÞAO O OHÞKI [K]OÞAN[O], nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust of Huvishka facing on clouds, head left, holding mace-scepter in right hand, filleted spear in left over shoulder; pellet on cheek / ΦAPPO, Pharro (Hermes-Mercury), nimbate and wearing winged petasos, standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and filleted scepter in left; tamgha to left. MK 346 var. (unlisted dies, but see MK 342 for same obv. die [O1]); Donum Burns 292 (same dies). EF. Extremely rare with this crown (XIII), only the Donum Burns specimen published.