399, Lot: 379. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HUNNIC TRIBES, Kidarites. Kidara. Circa 425-457. Pale AV Dinar (23mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Gandhara mint. Nimbate king standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted standard; filleted trident to left,
kapan in Brahmi to right of altar, Kidara monogram below arm;
kuśana in Brahmi in inner right field / Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia. Cribb,
Kidarites A9; MK 618; ANS Kushan 2438; Donum Burns 1587. Near VF, toning in devices, areas of flat strike.
From the William F. Spengler Collection.