420, Lot: 331. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 113-127. Æ Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.67 g, 12h). Main mint in Begram. Vima Kadphises standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar; trident to left, tamgha and club to right / Siva standing facing, holding trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing right; Buddhist
triratana (“Three Jewels”) to left. MK 762; ANS Kushan 300-2; Donum Burns 87-105. VF, earthen brown patina.
From the David Nelson Collection.