Sale: Triton X, Lot: 491. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Post-Kushan (Gandhara). Kidara Shahis. Sri Shahi Kidara. Mid 5th-6th century AD. AV Dinar (7.58 g, 12h). Nimbate and helmeted king standing facing, head left, sacrificing over [altar to left] and [holding filleted standard]; filleted trident to left, "Sri Shahi" in Brahmi to right of altar, "Kidara" monogram in inner right field / Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, [holding filleted investiture garland] in extended right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. MK pl. 176, 18/1 = A. Cunningham, "Coins of the Later Indo-Scythians-Little Kushans," NC 1893, 14; Donum Burns 1598. EF. Rare, and an exceptional example.