Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61385Auction date: 22 April 2024
Lot number: 25090

Price realized: 6 USD   (Approx. 6 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Ancients
INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises (ca. AD 113-127). AE tetradrachm (29mm, 16.62 gm, 12h). Fine. Attic standard, Begram, main mint, bilingual series. BACIΛΕVC BACIΛΕWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦICHC, King standing facing, beaded head left, wearing diadem with long ribbons to right, tall bonnet, skirted tunic over baggy trousers and padded boots, dropping pellets with right hand over altar at left, clasping hilt of sword with left hand; trident-axe in left field, tamgha above club in right field / Maharajasa rajadirajasa sarvaloga'isvarasa mahisvarasa v'ima kathpisasa tradara (Kharoshthi) Oesho (Siva or Shiva) standing facing with three heads (mustached youth facing, horned animal on left, and bearded man on right), and three-pronged crest, nude but for diaphanous garment falling in symmetrical folds around legs, erect lingam, trident in right hand, left hand resting on bull standing right behind; nandipada above to left. ANS Kushan 274-302. Göbl, MK 762.

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