Triton XVII, Lot: 488. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Kidara. Circa 425-457. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.84 g, 12h). Mint A in Gandhara. Kidara, nimbate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident; filleted trident to left;
kapana in Brahmi and rosette to lower left,
kidara in Brahmi to inner right,
kuśana in Brahmi to outer right, [outer legend off flan] / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding diadem in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; tamgha to left,
ala in Brahmi to right. Cribb,
Kidarites A7; MK 615; Donum Burns –. EF, weak strike on high points, shift strike on reverse. Struck on a broad flan.