CNG 106, Lot: 584. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.87 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO O OhÞKI KOÞα(retrograde h)O, diademed and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter and ankuśa (elephant goad) / APΔOXÞO to left, Ardoxsho standing right, holding cornucopia; tamgha to right. MK 306 (O1/R48) = Göbl, Antike 3371; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; CNG 72, lot 1090 (same dies). Good VF, die shift on reverse.

From the François Righetti Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 93 (22 May 2013), lot 715.