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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.92 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Late phase. Nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter and filleted spear / Mao, nimbate, lunar "horns" at shoulders, standing facing, head left, holding diadem and sword; tamgha to left. MK 353/4 (dies 2/4 – this coin); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Toned, ex jewelry, cleaning marks, . VF.
Ex Général de Grandprey Collection (Ciani, 20 February 1935), lot 248 (purchased by Allotte de la Fuÿe for FF 260); ‘Baron’ Maurice Dayet Collection (‘Collection d’un Diplomate’, Platt, 27 June 1925), lot 179 (purchased by Grandprey for FF 165).
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