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Auction 31  18 Sep 2020
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Lot 28

Starting price: 100 000 INR
Price realized: 100 000 INR
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Kushan Dynasty, Kanishka I (127-140 AD), Gold Dinar, “OESHO” (Shiva) type, Obv: a diademed king standing, facing left, holding a spear in his left hand and sacrificing over an altar on the left field,  Bactrian legend "ÞAONANOÞAO KA-NHÞKI KOÞANO" ("Shaonashao Kanishki Koshano"… King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan) around the field,  Rev: a four-armed lord Shiva standing, nimbate, facing left, hair in a topknot and wearing a dhoti, holding a tilted water pot (lota) in his extended lower-right hand, a damru in upper-right hand, and a trident in upper-left hand, an animal (buck or goat) is held by the horns  in his lower-left hand, left hand akimbo, tamgha on the left field, Bactrian legend “OηþO” (OESHO) at right field, dotted border around the field, 7.85g, 16.6mm, (Gobl # 37/Jongward & Cribb # 372), choice very fine, Very Rare.

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