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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2  5 January 2016
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Lot 349

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1800 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 151-190. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Late phase. ÞαOhαhOÞαO OOhÞKI KOÞαhO, diademed, and crowned half-length bust left on clouds or mountain, holding mace-scepter and goad / MIIPO down right, Miiro (Mithra) standing left, extending hand in benediction and holding scepter; tamgha to left. MK 291/9 (O43/R15); ANS Kushan –; cf. Donum Burns 278 (for obv.); CNG 87, lot 780 (same dies). Near EF, hint of deposits, evidence of possibly having been placed in a bezel. Very rare.

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