INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase.CNG Feature Auction 117 Central Asian featuring The Archytas Collection, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold Sold For $ 6 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.08 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO BO Z ΔhO KOÞ(retrograde h)O, Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left / OÞPO to left, triple-headed (two human and one a horned animal) and ithyphallic Siva standing facing, flames at shoulders, holding a garland or diadem in upper right hand, lotus in lower right, and trident tin upper left; lower left hand resting on hump of the bull Nandi standing behind left, wearing bell around neck; ^ to upper right . MK 500 var. (all three heads human); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 402 = C.A. Burns, “Topi Hoard of Kushana, Dinaras” in Numismatic Digest 14 (1990/1), p. 20 (Second Workshop) = C.A. Burns, “Coinage of the King of Kings, Vasudeva, Kushana” in Numismatic Digest XI (1987), Fig. 20 (Workshop “B”): CNG 108, lot 424 (same obv. die). Traces of deposits, scattered marks, slightly double struck. Near EF. Extremely rare, only one example (the CNG coin), in CoinArchives. |