| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61385 | Auction date: 22 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 25122 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 798 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients INDIA. Kushano-Sasanian. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (28mm, 7.23 gm, 12h). MS. Bactria, late series imitative issues in the name of Vasudeva I, ca. AD 220-259. ÞAONAÞAO BA-OZΔÞO VOBANO (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; three pellets under left arm, tetraskelion between feet, W/O with three pellets in right field / OhÞO, Ithyphallic Oesho (Siva) standing facing with two arms and single head surrounded by partial halo, 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, three pellets below bull's head, one pellet above bull's head, tamgha to upper left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1700. Mitchiner 1263 var. (pellet above tetraskelion). Göbl, MK 694 var. (no pellets under arm). Ex Baldwins, private sale. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-india-kushano-sasanian-vasudeva-i-ca-ad-190-230-av-dinar-28mm-723-gm-12h-ms/a/61385-25122.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61385-04222024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
