Ancients
INDIA. Kushan Empire. Kanishka I (ca. AD 127-151). AV dinar (19mm, 7.98 gm, 12h). ANACS MS63. Main mint, Bactria (probably Balkh), late phase. ÞAONANOÞAO KA-NhÞKI KOÞANO, Kanishka I standing facing, diademed head left, with long beard, wearing round cap with ladder-like brim, flames on shoulder, cloak around shoulders double-clasped at chest with corner folds pointing left and right, over belted tunic, trousers and boots, sword with curved hilt on belt, spear in left hand, sacrificing with right hand over altar to left; dotted border beneath feet / MAO, Mao standing facing, diademed head left, lunar "horns" at shoulders, wearing cloak around shoulders clasped at chest over belted calf-length tunic, and boots, extending right hand in benediction, left hand on hilt of belted sword and cradling transverse ribboned scepter with elliptical finial; tamgha to left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 379. Göbl 70.1.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, lot 168
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD