Triton XIX, Lot: 2133. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.92 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO OOhÞKI KOÞα(retrograde h)O, crowned and diademed bust left on clouds, holding mace scepter in right hand and goad in left; flames over shoulder / OhÞO to right, Siva, nimbate, standing left, holding thunderbolt, flask, trident, and horns of goat to lower left; tamgha to left. ANS Kushan 757 (this coin); MK 308/3 (dies 31/55); Donum Burns 276–8. Choice EF.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, January 1981.