CNG 100, Lot: 143. Estimate $500. Sold for $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kipunadha. Circa AD 335-350. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.74 g, 12h). Uncertain mint. Kipunada standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left;
da in Brahmi to right of altar; monogram of
bacharnatha in Brahmi below Shaka’s left arm; monogram of
kipunada in Brahmi to outer right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left. MK 596 (unlisted dies); ANS Kushan 1683–7; Donum Burns 786-91. EF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 964.