Triton XVIII, Lot: 294. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1000. 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 II (B). 3rd emission. [...](retrograde h)α(retrograde h)OÞ[...] O OOIÞhI h[...], nimbate, crowned, and diademed bust left on clouds, 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, cradling filleted and globe-tipped scepter in left arm, and holding scepter in left hand; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 372 (same obv. die, but different rev. type); Donum Burns 298 (same dies); Sunrise 550 (this coin). EF.
From the Sunrise Collection.