INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka II. Circa AD 230-247. AV Dinar (22mm, 8.06 g, 12h). Main mint in Peshawar.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 686. Estimated: $ 2 000

Central Asian, Coin-in-Hand Video, Gold

Sold For $ 10 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka II. Circa AD 230-247. AV Dinar (22mm, 8.06 g, 12h). Main mint in Peshawar. ÞαO(retrograde h)α(retrograde h)OÞαO Kα [(retrograde h)H]ÞKO KOÞ[α(retrograde h)O], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; ha in Brahmi to right of altar; ti in Brahmi to right of king / αPΔOXÞO, Ardoxsho enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; ha in Brahmi below fillets; tamgha to upper left to left. MK 539 (O1/R2); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; Zeno –. Lightly toned, whisper of deposits in devices. Near EF. Exceptional for issue, finer than the specimens illustrated in Göbl.

Göbl cites only two examples of this die pair: one in the Bharat Kala Bhavan Museum in Varanasi (Inv. 8731); the other in the Hanuman Prasad (H P) Poddar Collection, Calcutta.

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