CNG 100, Lot: 1688. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (20mm, 8.01 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Middle phase. Vasudeva standing left, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left / Triple-headed ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem in upper right hand, thunderbolt in lower right; trident in upper left hand, lower left arm resting on Nandi’s hump; behind, the bull Nandi standing right; tamgha to upper left; triple pellets to left of Siva’s right leg. MK 506 (O3/R1α); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 408-10. Near EF, minor traces of deposits in devices.