CNG 100, Lot: 139. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasishka. Circa AD 247-267. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.89 g, 12h). Main mint in Gandhara. Early phase. Vasishka standing left, flames on shoulder, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; symbol to left; pi in Brahmi to right of altar; trace of tha in Brahmi between legs; monogram to right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left; tha in Brahmi to upper right. MK 559 (unlisted dies); ANS Kushan 1607; Donum Burns 676. EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, January 1981.