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Auction 100 - Part 2  7 October 2015
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Lot 1673

Estimate: 10 000 USD
Price realized: 16 000 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. ÞΔO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO O OhÞKI KOÞA(retrograde h)O, diademed and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, holding mace-scepter and goad / CKAHΔO/αPO KO M BIZAΓO, Skando-Komaro and Bizago, both nimbate, standing facing, heads vis-à-vis; Skando-Komaro holding spear in right hand, left hand on hilt; Bizago with right hand on hip, holding spear in left hand; tamgha between. MK 156 (O1/R1); cf. ANS Kushan 723 (for type); Donum Burns –. Superb EF, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Extremely rare.

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