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Auction 121  6-8 Oct 2022
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Lot 675

Estimate: 10 000 USD
Price realized: 9500 USD
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.88 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase with Greek legend. BACIΛЄYC BACI ΛЄωN KANHKOY, Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / OhÞO to right, Siva, nimbate, standing left, holding thunderbolt, flask, trident, and horns of goat to lower left; tamgha to left. MK 26/37 (obv./rev.); Tanabe 179; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Underlying luster, a couple of short scrapes on reverse. Reverse die recut from a Herakles die. Near VF. Extremely rare.

For more information on the recutting of the dies of Kanishka I, see Joe Cribb's ONS presentation, "Kushan gold coins using die studies to understand the function of reverse designs," available on YouTube.
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