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Triskeles Sale 30  6 Dec 2019
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Lot 463

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India, Kushan empire. Kanishka I. Ca. A.D. 127/8-152. Æ didrachm (22 mm, 7.57 g). Crowned king standing left, holding spear and sacrificing at altar at left, with Greek legend around / Solar deity Helios standing left, one hand on hip and the other raised in blessing, with a radiate halo around his head and Greek legend HΛIOC right. Gobl 766; MAC 3065-69. Rare.

This early coin type with Greek solar deity Helios instead of the Bactrian solar deity Mithra was issued only in Kanishka's first year.

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