Manaobago Dinar

Triton XVIII, Lot: 277. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.95 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 1st emission. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO OO hÞKI KOÞANO, diademed and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter in right hand and goad in left / MA(retrograde h)AOBA ΓO around, Manaobago, nimbate and helmeted, with lunar horns at shoulders, seated facing on raised stool, cushioned and with curving legs, feet on footstool, head right and with four arms: lower right on hip, upper right holding coins or fruit, upper left holding mace-scepter, and lower left holding torque; tamgha to right. MK 151 (unlisted dies); Donum Burns 229 (same dies); Sunrise –. EF, slight triple strike on reverse. Well centered and attractive example. Extremely rare.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Nomos FPL 5 (Winter-Spring 2012), no. 51; Classical Numismatic Group 88 (14 September 2011), lot 640.