Triton XVIII, Lot: 283. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Quarter Dinar (12mm, 1.97 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. ÞαO(retrograde h)α(retrograde h)O Þ α O OOhÞV[], nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left, holding mace scepter in right hand and filleted spear in left / MαO to right, Mao, diademed, lunar "horns" at shoulders, standing facing, head left, extending right hand in benediction and holding scepter in left hand; tamgha to left. MK 277 (dies 8/3); Donum Burns 259; Sunrise 538 (this coin). VF, traces of deposits in devices.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XIV (4 January 2011), lot 450.