CNG 106, Lot: 586. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.89 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. ÞAONANOÞAO O] OHÞN|- hOÞOVO (
sic), nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter and filleted spear / αPαOXÞO (
sic) down right, Ardoxsho standing left, holding cornucopia in both hands; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 357-9/365A (same obv. die/rev. type); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns -. VF, a few minor marks.
From the François Righetti Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 380.