CNG 100, Lot: 204. Estimate $400.
Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Kidara. Circa 350-390. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.81 g, 12h). Gandhara mint A. Kidara standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; to right of altar, monogram
kapana in Brahmi above rosette; monogram
kidara in Brahmi below Kirada’s left arm; monogram
kushana in Brahmi to outer right / Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left to left;
ala in Brahmi to right. Cribb,
Kidarites A8; MK 615; ANS Kushan 2434–5; Donum Burns 1582-5. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, February 1984.
