Triton XIX, Lot: 2129. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Late phase. ÞAONANOÞAO ИA NhÞKI KOÞANO, Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / MAO to right, Mao, wearing lunar horns, standing left, extending right hand in benediction and holding globe-tipped scepter; tamgha to left. ANS Kushan 389 (this coin, enlarged on pl. 78); MK 76 (O40/R20); Donum Burns 138. Superb EF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, October 1980.