CNG 100, Lot: 144. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Post-Kushan (Gandhara). Kidara Shahis. Sri Shahi Kidara. Mid 5th-6th centuries AD. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.87 g, 12h). Kushan style king standing left, sacrificing over [altar] and holding [filleted standard]; filleted trident to left, trace of śri śahi in Brahmi to right of altar, monogram of Kidara in Brahmi in inner right field / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia. Cf. MK pl. 176, 18/2 (for type); A. Cunningham, "Coins of the Later Indo-Scythians-Little Kushans," NC 1893, 4; Donum Burns 1593-6. Good VF, traces of toning in devices.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.