Triton XIX, Lot: 349. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Late phase. ÞαOhαhOÞαO OOhÞKI KOÞαhO, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds or mountain, holding mace-scepter and goad / MIIPO down right, Miiro (Mithra) standing left, extending hand in benediction and holding scepter; tamgha to left. MK 291/9 (O43/R15); ANS Kushan –; cf. Donum Burns 278 (for obv.); CNG 87, lot 780 (same dies). Near EF, hint of deposits, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel. Very rare.