INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.96 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase.

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Lot: 593. Estimated: $ 5 000

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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.96 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. ÞA[ON]ANOÞAO KA NhÞKI KOÞAN[O], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / MA(retrograde h)AOBAΓO to left, Manaobago, nimbate and helmeted, with lunar horns at shoulders, seated facing on raised stool, cushioned and with curving legs, feet on footstool, head right and with four arms: lower right on hip, upper right holding coins or fruit, upper left holding mace-scepter, and lower left holding torque; tamgha to right. MK 59 (O13/R2); ANS Kushan 385; Donum Burns 129; Triton XXIII, lot 554; Spink 248 lot 124; CNG 100, lot 1662; Baldwin’s 91, lot 3831; Goldberg 75, lot 2541 = Goldberg 69, lot 3206; Heritage 3020, lot 25059 (same rev. die, but later die state). Deposits in devices, a hint of die rust. EF. Extremely rare, Göbl cites four examples, six in CoinArchives.

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