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Triskeles Sale 28  21 Jun 2019
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Lot 545

Estimate: 90 USD
Price realized: 54 USD
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Ca. 3rd-4th century A.D. Æ unit (24 mm, 10.46 g). Unicephalic Karttikeya standing facing, holding a spear in his right hand, with a small bird near his left foot and Brahmi legend Yaudheya-ganasya jaya around / Goddess Devasena (consort of Karttikeya) standing slightly turned to her left with right hand extended. Devendra Handa, Tribal Coins of Ancient India, pp. 203-207. This is the scarcer variety with no additional device on reverse. Fine.

The Yaudheyas issued this Karttikeya-Devasena type in the northern Gangetic plain after the exit of the Kushanas.

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