386, Lot: 409. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva II. Circa AD 290-310. AV Quarter Dinar (15mm, 1.90 g, 12h). Main mint in Mathura/Gandhara. Vasudeva standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard; filleted trident to left;
bha in Brahmi to inner left at feet; [
vi in Brahmi between legs]
ga in Brahmi in inner right field;
vasu in Brahmi in outer right field / Ardoxsho, wearing arrowhead-shaped head adornment, seated facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 573 (quarter dinar) and 574-5 (dinar); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. VF, water-worn surfaces, evidence of prior mounting.