Triton XVIII, Lot: 297. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasishka. Circa AD 240-250. AV Dinar (24mm, 7.93 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 13th emission. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO BAZhKO KÞA[ ], Vasishka, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left, nya in Brahmi to right of altar, tha in Brahmi between feet, and vi in Brahmi to right of scepter / APΔOXÞO to right, Ardoxsho, nimbate, seated facing on throne, feet on mat, holding filleted investiture garland in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; tamgha to upper left; tha in Brahmi to upper right. MK 556 (dies 1/18D [unlisted combination]); Donum Burns 672 (same obv. die); Sunrise 553 (this coin). EF, traces of deposits.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 445.