Triton XVIII, Lot: 276. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Quarter Dinar (14mm, 1.94 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 1st emission. ÞAONANOÞAO OOhÞKI KOÞAN[O], diademed and crowned bust left on mountains, holding mace scepter in right hand and and goad in left / MAO to left, Mao, diademed, lunar "horns" at shoulders, standing facing, head right, holding diadem in right hand and goad in left; globe-tipped and filleted scepter over right shoulder; tamgha to right. Cf. MK 146 (dinar); Donum Burns –; Sunrise 533 (this coin). EF, traces of deposits in devices. Apparently unique.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 449.