CNG 100, Lot: 138. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. Vasudeva standing left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left. MK 520 (O1/R6C); ANS Kushan 1096; Donum Burns 429 (same dies). EF, traces of toning in devices.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Hakim Hamidi (Persic Gallery), November 1989.