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342, Lot: 394. Estimate $300.
Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kipunada (Shkinatha?). Circa AD 350-375. AV Dinar (17mm, 7.63 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 34th emission. Kipunada (Shkinatha?), nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding filleted standard, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; ru in Brahmi to right of altar, bacharnatha in Brahmi to inner right, kipanadha or shkinatha in Brahmi to outer right; illegible inscription around / [ ]XÞ[ ] 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. MK 596 (dies unlisted); Donum Burns 790-1; Sunrise –. Good VF, weakly struck and a couple of minor scrapes on the high point of tunic, traces of deposits in devices.


From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zürich, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen GmbH, 2012.