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Triton XIX Sessions 3 & 4 - Adams Collection  6 January 2016
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Lot 2139

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1300 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.93 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Middle phase. Þ αO(retrograde h)α(retrograde h)OÞαO (retrograde h) BOΔhO KOÞαhO, Vasudeva standing left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left / OhÞO to left, three-faced Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing right; triple pellets to right of Nandi's hind legs; tamgha to upper right. ANS Kushan 1102 (this coin); MK 506 (O3/R5); ANS Kushan 1102 (this coin); Donum Burns 410 (same obv. die). Good VF, double strike on reverse.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, December 1980.
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