Watch List notes:

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 113-127. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.03 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria. BACIΛЄYC OOHM O KAΔΦICHC, diademed and crowned figure of Vima Kadphises, cradling club in left arm, seated right in canopied chariot drawn by pair of horses; miniature charioteer before Vima, holding whip / Maharajasa rajadirajasa loga'iśvaraja maha'iśvarasa vima kathpiśasa in Kharosthi, ithyphallic Siva with two heads (mustached human and horned animal) standing facing, human head left, holding trident in right hand and water flask in left; left arm draped with animal skin; Buddhist Triratana (Three Jewels) to left; tamgha to right. ANS Kushan 265; Bopearachchi, Premiers, Série VII, 10; MK 5 (O1/R1). Good VF, hint of deposits, minor scratch in obverse field. Rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 734415 (March 2003).