Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1089. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $12750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (7.82 g, 12h). Mint II (B). Kanishka right on elephant, holding trident in right hand and goad in left; flame at right shoulder / Siva, nimbate, standing facing, head left, pouring water from flask in extended lower right hand, holding vajra (thunderbolt) in raised upper right hand, holding trident in raised upper left hand, and holding a he-goat at hip in lower left hand; tamgha to left. MK 305A/308 (obv./rev.; same obv. die); Triton VI (14-15 January 2003), lot 544 (same dies). VF. Extremely rare; only the second specimen known.