| Spink > Auction 24121 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 139 Price realized: 90 GBP (Approx. 114 USD / 105 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: A Selection of Indo-Skythian and Kushan Bronze (6): i) Indo-Skythian Issues (3): i) Spalirises (c. 70-58 BC), King walking left, holding elephant goad, bow and whip, Greek legend surrounds, rev. Zeus enthroned facing and holding sceptre, Kharoshti legend surrounds, 8.57g (Cf. Senior 73.1; cf. HGC 12, 621), good very fine or better; ii) Azes II (35-5 BC), AE Chalkous, king seated facing, cross-legged with sword on his lap, monogram to left field, rev. Hermes standing left, holding caduceus, monograms to each side, 10.24g (MACW 2438, MIG 861), light patina, good fine; iii) another, 11.54g, good fine; Kushan (3): iv) Kushan, Vima Takto (c. AD 80-113), radiate, diademed and draped bust of Miiro right, holding filleted arrow, tamgha to left, rev. King on horseback right, holding pickaxe, tamhga to lower right, 8.17g (ANS Kushan 183-5), toned, nicely struck, fine to very fine; v) Kushan, Kujula Kadphises (c. AD 50-90), AE, diademed and cloaked bust of king right, rev. Herakles standing facing, head to left, holding club in right hand and lion skin over left forearm, Kharoshthi legend around, 7.51g (Mitchiner 2844-2851; ANS Kushan 44-56; HGC 12, 309), good fine; vi) Kujula Kadphises, CU reduced Tetradrachm, unofficial local imitation, c. 40-60, diademed and draped bust right, rev. as before, 3.35g (MACW 2910; Mitchiner 1064; cf. Senior B6.1 (for type); cf. HGC 12, 309 (same)), good fine; (3);. Estimate: £150 - £250 |  |
