INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase.

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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. BACIΛЄYC BACI ΛЄωN KANHKOY, Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / NANAIA to left, Nana, nimbate, wearing fillet and crescent, standing right, holding scepter and box; tamgha to right. MK 27/1 (O1/R1); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. EF. Extremely rare, only two examples cited by Göbl, both of which are in public collections.

From the Archytas Collection. Ex Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 266.


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