Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61353 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
Lot number: 21025 Price realized: 900 USD (Approx. 819 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 Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (28mm, 7.92 gm, 12h). AU, die shift. Bactria, late series imitative issues in the name of Vasudeva I. 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, pellet above swastika between feet, pellet to right of altar, uncertain control mark to right of legs / 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, three pellets below bull's head, tamgha to upper left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1702. Göbl, MK 689. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-india-kushano-sasanian-empire-vasudeva-i-ca-ad-190-230-av-dinar-28mm-792-gm-12h-au-die-shift/a/61353-21025.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61353-12172023 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |