409, Lot: 383. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.64 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Early phase. Huvishka seated facing cross-legged, holding ankuśa (elephant goad) or sword and scepter; trace of clouds below / Triple-headed Siva standing facing, holding thunderbolt, flask, trident, and horns of goat to lower left; trace of tamgha to left. MK 851; ANS Kushan 962-3; Donum Burns –. VF, brown surfaces. Rare.
From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.