INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.06 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 334.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Central Asian, Gold

Estimate: $ 10 000

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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.06 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO BO Z ΔhO KOÞ(retrograde h)O, Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left / OhÞO up left, triple-headed (two human and one a horned animal) and ithyphallic Siva standing facing, flames at shoulders, holding a garland or diadem in upper right hand, lotus in lower right, and trident tin upper left; lower left hand resting on hump of the bull Nandi standing behind left, wearing bell around neck; ^ to upper right . MK 500 var. (all three heads human); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 402 = C.A. Burns, “Topi Hoard of Kushana, Dinaras” Numismatic Digest 14 (1990/1), p. 20 (Second Workshop) = C.A. Burns, “Coinage of the King of Kings, Vasudeva, Kushana,” Numismatic Digest XI (1987), Fig. 20 (Workshop “B”). Lightly toned, whisper of die rust on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare with the only other published example being the Donum Burns coin, only this example in CoinArchives.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16 May 2018), lot 424.


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