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Showcase Auction 61292  4 Dec 2022
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Lot 98066

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INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 192-225). AV dinar (21mm, 7.94 gm, 12h). NGC AU 5/5 - 5/5. Kushan standard, Bactria, main mint (probably Balkh), middle phase. Þ-AONANOÞAO BA-ZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing jewel-edged triangular helmet with forehead ornament, circular side ornament and jeweled earflap, diadem with tie and long ribbons to right, clad in full armor, long-sleeved knee-length tunic with heavy segmented collar and neck guard, banner behind head attached to back, coils covering arms, tunic of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, flames emanating from right shoulder, grounded filleted spear in left hand, dropping pellets from right hand over lit altar at left, sword at hip held by belt; filleted trident at left, dotted line beneath feet / Oesho (Siva or Shiva) standing facing, with one head, hair in topknot with curls outlining long face, curls and eyes shown as dots, two arms, erect lingamm, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, grounded trident in left hand, diadem with two ribbon in right; the bull Nandi standing left behind, tamgha to upper left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1085-1090. Mitchiner -. Sunrise 551. Göbl, MK 509.

From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Pars Coins, private sale with old dealer tag

At present, NGC does not grade Kushan, Kidarite, Gupta, Kaivartas, or Samatata gold coins. However, as a special, one-time consideration, NGC Ancients has encapsulated these selections from the extensive Historical Scholar Collection.

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