INDIA, Kushan Empire. Huvishka. Circa AD 152-192. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.83 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Early phase. ÞαOИαHOÞαO OOhÞKI KO[ ], nimbate, crowned, and diademed bust left, flames on shoulders / MIIPO to right, Miiro, radiate, nimbate, and diademed, standing facing, head left, extending right hand in benediction and cradling filleted and globe-tipped scepter in left arm; tamgha to left. MK 290 (O1/R9); ANS Kushan 767 (same obv. die); Donum Burns 265 (same obv. die); Sunrise 541 (this coin). Traces of deposits in devices, a few light scratches. VF. Very rare.
From the Archytas Collection. Ex Sunrise Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 286; Gorny & Mosch (9 October 2006), lot 243; Prof. Robert Göbl Collection (Peus 363, 26 April 2000), lot 5425.