Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 677. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $3600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANCIENT. INDIA, Kushans. Kanishka I. Circa 127/8-152 AD. AV Dinar (7.97 gm, 12h).
FAONANAOFAO KA-NHFKI KOFANO, Kanishka standing facing, head turned left, flames on shoulder, holding standard in his left hand, sacrificing over altar to left / Oh
FO, Shiva, nimbate and with four arms, standing facing, holding thunderbolt in upper right hand, flask in lower right, trident in upper left, and horns of goat, that stands to right, in lower left; tamgha to right. MK 67; cf. Donum Burns 131; MACW -. EF. Exceptionally sharp detail. ($1500)