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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 374

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 6500 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.95 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Ardoxsho standing right, holding cornucopia; tamgha to right. MK 77 (O41A/R4A); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 139. Lightly toned, deposits on reverse, small scuff on edge. EF. Sharply struck from fresh dies. Very rare, only five examples cited by Göbl, three in CoinArchives.

From the Archytas Collection.
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