421, Lot: 422. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Collection of ninety-six (96) Kushan and Kushano-Sasanian denominations. Silver. A collection of one AR obol and ninety-five Æ issues of the Kushans, from Kujula Kadphises to Vasishka. All references are to ANS Kushan (D. Jongeward and J. Cribb. Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins: A Catalogue of Coins from the American Numismatic Society (New York: American Numismatic Society, 2015), unless otherwise noted. Collection includes the following rulers:

Kujula Kadphises (3 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers 39 // 47 // 61.

temp. Kujula Kadphises – Vima Takto (23 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers (general issue) 150-153 // 153 // 152-153 // 459 // 171 // 173 // 179 // 182 (2 coins) // 182-185 // 184-185 // 197 (3 coins) // 208-209 // 211-213 // (local issue) 217-219 (4 coins) // MACW 2895-2896 // 239-243 // 239.

Kanishka I (26 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers (general issue) 391-401 (3 coins) // 403-407 (2 coins) // 421 (3 coins) // 520 // 520-525 // 539 // 540 // 579 // 586 // 579-592 // (local issue) 631 // 635-638 (2 coins) // 644 // 645 // 653-654 // 656-663 (2 coins) // 679 // 687 // 688.

Huvishka (26 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers (general issue) 778 // 790 // 794-800 // 800 // 827-828 // 859-860 // 880-884 // 915-917 // 915-920 (2 coins) // 956-957 // 971-972 // 974 (2 coins) // 978 // 993 // 1012 // 1013 // (unofficial imitation) 1032-1052 // MK 950S // MK 913 (2 coins) // Not in ANS, MK, or MACW // 1053-1070 // 1057 // 1058.

Vasudeva I (8 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers 1103-1105 // 1106-1107 // 1108 // 1109 // 1113 // 1118-1120 // 1121-1122 // 1152-1162.

Kanishka II (5 coins):

ANS Kushan numbers 1202-1220 // 1225-1267 (4 coins).

Vasishka (1 coin):

ANS Kushan number 1618. Collection also includes four (4) Type IC Kushano-Sasanian Imitations of Vasudeva I (ANS Kushan 1728-1876). Coins Good Fine to Good VF, many Æ issue with brown patina, a number with warthen dark green patina, AR obol toned with light deposits and small obverse lamination. Collection comes with collector tickets. COINS SOLD AS IS. NO RETURNS.