434, Lot: 663. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MIXED. Oriental Greek to World. Lot of five (5) coins. Includes: BAKTRIA, Indo-Greek Kingdom. Agathokleia. Circa 105-85/0 BC. Æ (19.5x20.5mm, 8.58 g, 12h). Bopearachchi 3A; HGC 12, 317. Near VF // INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Takto. Circa AD 90-113. Æ Drachm (20mm, 3.79 g, 12h). Imitating Heliokles I of Baktria. Uncertain mint in the Surkhandarya Valley and Begram area. Senior A22.2D; ANS Kushan 227-38; HGC 12, 177. Fine, rough dark brown surfaces // INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.34 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. MK 770; ANS Kushan 418-28; Donum Burns 151. Near VF, brown surfaces, minor porosity // INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. Æ Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.54 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Early phase. MK 837; ANS Kushan 939-44; Donum Burns 326-9. Fine, earthen dark green patina, cleaning scratches on reverse // AFGHANISTAN, Durrani Shahs. Timur Shah. As viceroy, AH 1170-1171 / May AD 1757-April AD 1758. AR Rupee (23mm, 11.30 g, 3h). Dar al-Sultanat Lahore mint. Dually-dated
[AH 11]71 and
RY ahd (15 September AD 1757-April AD 1758). Album 3100; KM 628. VF, shroff mark on obverse, banker’s marks on edge . Fine to VF, problems as described. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Five (5) coins in lot.
From the David Nelson Collection.