359, Lot: 157. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Post-Kushan (Gandhara). Kidara Shahis. Sri Shahi Kidara. Mid 5th-6th centuries AD. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.27 g, 12h). Nimbate king standing left, sacrificing over [altar] and holding [filleted standard]; filleted trident to left,
śri śahi in Brahmi to right of altar, Kidara monogram in inner right field / Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, [holding filleted investiture garland] and cornucopia. MK pl. 176, 18/1 = A. Cunningham, "Coins of the Later Indo-Scythians-Little Kushans,"
NC 1893, 14; Donum Burns 1598. Good VF. Struck on a broad flan.