INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 113-127. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.69 g, 12h). Main mint in Begram.CNG Feature Auction 118 Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 9 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 113-127. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.69 g, 12h). Main mint in Begram. BACIΛЄYC BACIΛЄωN CωThP MЄΓAC OOhMO KAΔΦICHC, Vima Kadphises standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar; trident to left, tamgha and club to right / Maharajasa rajadirajasa sarvaloga iśvarasa mahiśvarasa hima kaphthiśasa tradara[sa] in Kharosthi, Siva standing facing, holding trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing right; Buddhist triratana (Three Jewels) to left. Cf. MK 762; cf. ANS Kushan 274-99 and 303-5; cf. Donum Burns 98 (all refs for Æ issue); cf. Mukherjee, Kushana, p. 49 and Fig. 52 = BMBI 11 = BM Inv. IOC.273 (drachm [found 1833-1835]). reas of find patina, some porosity, tiny test-mark on edge. An enigmatic piece, a silver striking of an issue hitherto only recorded in bronze. Near VF. Unique and unpublished, the first and only silver tetradrachm of the Kushan Empire known and therefore of significant numismatic importance. |