Triton XVIII, Lot: 287. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.85 g, 12h). Mint II (B). 3rd emission. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO OOhÞKI KOÞα(retrograde h)O, crowned and diademed bust left on clouds, holding mace scepter in right hand and goad in left; flames over shoulder / MAO to right, Mao, diademed, lunar "horns" at shoulders, standing facing, head left, extending right hand in benediction, cradling filleted and globe-tipped scepter in left arm, and holding scepter in left hand; tamgha to left. MK 296/8 (dies 34/41A); Donum Burns 269–70; Sunrise 542 (this coin). EF.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Album 6 (7 June 2009), lot 657.