409, Lot: 381. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.61 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Early phase . Huvishka seated facing cross-legged, holding ankuśa (elephant goad) and scepter; trace of clouds below / Miioro (Mithra) standing left, extending hand in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left. MK 828; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; AICR 1214 (this coin illustrated). VF, even brown surfaces.
From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.