Triton XIX, Lot: 2143. Estimate $10000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. ÞαO(retrograde h)α(retrograde h)OÞαO OOhÞKO KOÞα(retrograde h)O, Huvishka, diademed and crowned, and holding spear in right hand and goad in left, on caparisoned elephant right / OhÞO down right, Siva standing left, holding goad and pouring water from flask on extended right hand, holding vajra (thunderbolt) in raised right hand, trident in raised left, and he-goat in lowered left; tamgha to left. ANS Kushan 753 (this coin); cf. MK 305A/308 (obv./rev.); Donum Burns –; CNG 72, lot 1089 (same dies). Good VF, hint of deposits on obverse. Extremely rare, only the second to appear at auction and superior to the CNG 72 specimen.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 544.