CNG 99, Lot: 428. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Shaka. Circa AD 325-345. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.82 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 27th emission. Shaka, standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; mi in Brahmi below arm, śaka to outer right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding diadem in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; tamgha to left. MK 579 (unlisted dies; Vasudeva II); Donum Burns 746-7. Choice EF. Struck on a broad flan.

From the Joan Wilde Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind.