CNG 105, Lot: 550. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka II. Circa AD 230-247. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.86 g, 12h). Main mint in Taxila. Kanishka standing left, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left;
ga in Brahmi to right of altar;
gho in Brahmi between legs;
pri in Brahmi to right of scepter / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left. MK 635 (O21/R–; unlisted rev. die); ANS Kushan 1645; Donum Burns –. Near EF.