CNG 87, Lot: 818. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOCAL ISSUES, Silk Road Region. 5th-8th centuries AD. AV Pendant (23mm, 2.25 g, 12h). (beginning in right field) D N OII(retrograde E)7OIAVC, diademed and draped bust with localized features left / (WA ligate)(retrograde hE) DVA (inverted A)T(retrograde S) VO(retrograde 7)I, diademed and crowned king with localized features left on horseback, holding spear. Göbl, Antike -; cf. R. Göbl, “The Rabatak Inscription and the Date of Kanishka,” Coins, Art, and Chronology, pp. 165-7 and pl. 4, 2. VF. Pendant composed of two thin gold sheets with repoussé design welded together with trace of mount attached.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1002.