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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 100-127/8. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.99 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 4th emission. BACIΛЄYC OH MO KAΔΦICHC, diademed half-length bust left on clouds, wearing tiara, holding mace-scepter in right hand; flames at shoulder; tamgha to left / Maharajasa rajadirajasa sarvaloga iśvarasa mahiśvarasa hi[ma] kaphthiśa[sa tradara(sa)] in Karosthi script, ithyphallic Siva standing facing, head left, holding trident in right hand and flask in left; he-goat skin draped over left arm; tamgha to left, Buddhist triratana (Three Jewels) to right. Bopearachchi, Premiers Série XVI, 42-3; MK 16 (dies 2/– [unlisted rev. die]); Donum Burns 80; Sunrise 527 (this coin). Superb EF.


From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb A3 (27 September 2007), lot 2293.
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