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INDIA. Kushan Empire. Kanishka II (ca. AD 230-247). AV dinar (24mm, 8.02 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 – 5/5. Bactria, late series. KANHÞAO KOÞANO ÞAONANOÞAO (blundered), Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing diadem with ribbons to right, jeweled triangular helmet with forehead crescent, clad in full armor with long-sleeved knee-length tunic, coils covering arms, top as chain mail, shirt of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, sacrificing with right hand over altar at left, grounded trident in left hand, flames emanating from right shoulder; filleted trident to left, nandipada below seven pellets in a rosette pattern to right, annulet on altar / OhÞO, Ithyphallic Siva standing facing with two arms and single head, hair in topknot with curls outlining face, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, erect lingammmm, diadem in right hand, trident with annulet on shaft in left; the bull Nandi standing left in background, tamgha to upper left, tetraskelion below bull's head, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1695 (Kushano-Sasanian Imitations in the names of Vasudeva I and Kanishka II). Mitchiner 3396 (Peshawar). Sunrise -. Göbl, MK 664/4.
From the Historical Scholar Collection
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.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-india-kushan-empire-kanishka-ii-ca-ad-230-247-av-dinar-24mm-802-gm-11h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-5-5/a/61292-98075.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61292-12042022
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INDIA. Kushan Empire. Kanishka II (ca. AD 230-247). AV dinar (24mm, 8.02 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 – 5/5. Bactria, late series. KANHÞAO KOÞANO ÞAONANOÞAO (blundered), Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing diadem with ribbons to right, jeweled triangular helmet with forehead crescent, clad in full armor with long-sleeved knee-length tunic, coils covering arms, top as chain mail, shirt of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, sacrificing with right hand over altar at left, grounded trident in left hand, flames emanating from right shoulder; filleted trident to left, nandipada below seven pellets in a rosette pattern to right, annulet on altar / OhÞO, Ithyphallic Siva standing facing with two arms and single head, hair in topknot with curls outlining face, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, erect lingammmm, diadem in right hand, trident with annulet on shaft in left; the bull Nandi standing left in background, tamgha to upper left, tetraskelion below bull's head, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1695 (Kushano-Sasanian Imitations in the names of Vasudeva I and Kanishka II). Mitchiner 3396 (Peshawar). Sunrise -. Göbl, MK 664/4.
From the Historical Scholar Collection
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.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-india-kushan-empire-kanishka-ii-ca-ad-230-247-av-dinar-24mm-802-gm-11h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-5-5/a/61292-98075.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61292-12042022
HID02906262019
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