CNG 87, Lot: 789. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Kidara. Circa AD 350-385. AR Drachm (29mm, 3.79 g, 3h). Gandhara mint. Bust facing slightly right, wearing floral crown surmounted by
korymbos and ribbons; ribbons rising from shoulders, “varo” in Brahmi to upper left, “ṣāha” in Brahmi to upper right / Fire altar with ribbons and bust right in flames; flanked by two attendants. Göbl,
Dokumente Em. 16; cf. FPP fig. 77, 11 (‘Varhran’). VF, Good quality metal. Very rare.