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208, Lot: 159. Estimate $500.
Sold for $736. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Magra. 4th century AD. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.86 g, 12h). Magra standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard surmounted by chakra (wheel); filleted trident to left, Brahmi “Ma” and “Ga” to right / Ardoxsho seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left. MK 578 (“Usurper I”). Good VF. Extremely rare.


Magra is known only from his coins. The depiction of a staff surmounted by a “chakra” in place of the usual banner suggests a link to the Kacha type of the Gupta king Samudragupta.