CNG 100, Lot: 1700. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KUSHANO-SASANIANS. temp. Ardaxšīr (Ardashir) – Pērōz (Fīrūz) I. Circa AD 255-310. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.88 g, 12h). Imitating Kushan king Vasudeva I. Uncertain mint in Baktria. Early series. Vasudeva standing left, flames on shoulder, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; pellet above flames; three pellets between nimbus and profile; • to right of altar; triple pellets between legs; to right, rosette of five pellets above tamgha / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident with Θ on shaft; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left; triple pellets flanking Siva’s neck; retrograde swastika below Nandi’s neck. MK 669 (Vasudeva II); cf. ANS Kushan 1692 (for type); Donum Burns –. Near EF. Struck on a broad flan.