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Unusual Imitation

339, Lot: 229. Estimate $200.
Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. temp. Huvishka (or later?). Circa AD 152-192. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 11.54 g, 12h). Local imitation. King (Kanishka) standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard; corrupt legends / King (Huvishka) riding elephant right; corrupt legends. MK –; R. Senior, “Notes on some ancient Indian coins,” ONS 218 (Winter 2014), p. 15, 6 (this coin). VF, green patina. A seemingly unique and highly unusual imitation combining obverse types of two successive kings.