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Triton XIV, Lot: 451. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasishka. Circa AD 240-250. AV Dinar (18mm, 7.90 g, 12h). Mint I (A). ÞAONANOÞΔ BΔ [Z] hÞKO KOÞΔNO (sic; hs retrograde), Vasishka standing facing, head left, flames on shoulder, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted scepter; to left, filleted trident; h between altar and left leg, 6 with central pellet between legs, malformed “vi” in Brahmi between body and scepter / APΔOXÞO, Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, feet on mat, holding filleted investiture garland in extended right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; above, tamgha to left; 6 [with central pellet] above chair back to right. MK 556/5 (O1B/-; unlisted rev. die); Donum Burns 670. EF, trace of encrustation on obverse, lustrous. Well centered strike on a broad flan. Better than the published specimens.