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CNG Feature Auction 118

Lot nuber 665

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Monolingual Greek issue. Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase.


CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 665.
 Estimated: $ 15 000

Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 15 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Monolingual Greek issue. Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. BACIΛЄYC BACI ΛЄωN KANHÞKOY, Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / CAΛHNH to right, Selene, wearing lunar horns, standing left, extending right hand in benediction and holding scepter; tamgha to left. MK 26 (dies 2/1; unlisted obv. die); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; Rosenfield 30 = BM Inv. IOC 282 (same rev. die); Baldwin’s 91, lot 3830 (same rev. die). Lightly toned, traces of deposits in devices. Near VF. Fourth known example of type and first with this obverse die.

From the Archytas Collection.

The extremely rare Selene reverse Dinar represents one of the few instances where a Greek deity appears on the gold coinage of Kanishka I. A multi-cultural society, the Kushans incorporated many aspects of the cultures they ruled into their own. From the time of Kanishka I the Kushan language, written in an adaptation of the Greek alphabet with some alterations, was used almost exclusively on coinage along with a wide variety of local Indian and Central Asian deities. The Kushans assimilated these gods and goddesses with the Greco-Roman types already prevalent in the region and as a result, the Kushan pantheon represents a religious and artistic syncretism of western and eastern elements. This coin, the reverse of which depicts Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon, from the first emission of the earliest phase of the coinage of Kanishka I, is one of the great Kushan rarities.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Two – Greek Coinage Part 2 through Roman Provincial Coinage Part 1 will be held Monday afternoon, 13 September 2021 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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