CNG 87, Lot: 798. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns. Toramana II. Circa AD 540-570. Æ Stater (20mm, 6.06 g, 12h). Uncertain Kashmir mint. Toranama standing slightly left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; “Sri Toran[ama]” in Brahmi to left / Ardoxsho seated facing, holding [diadem(?)] and cornucopia, at feet to left, trace of lion right, trace of “Ja[ya]” in Brahmi to right. Göbl,
Dokumente -; MACW 3792; Mitchiner,
Non-Islamic 151. Good VF for type, brown patina, typical small area of flat-strike, small edge split.