| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61385 | Auction date: 22 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 25109 Price realized: 1,400 USD (Approx. 1,315 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. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 192-225). AV dinar (20mm, 7.96 gm, 11h). Choice VF. Kushan standard, Bactria, main mint (probably Balkh), middle phase. Þ-AONANOÞAO BA-ZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing jewel-edged triangular helmet with forehead ornament, circular side ornament and jeweled earflap, diadem with tie and long ribbons to right, clad in full armor, long-sleeved knee-length tunic with heavy segmented collar and neck guard, banner behind head attached to back, coils covering arms, tunic of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, flames emanating from right shoulder, grounded filleted spear in left hand, dropping pellets from right hand over lit altar at left, sword at hip held by belt; filleted trident at left, dotted line beneath feet / OHÞO, Oesho (Siva or Shiva) standing facing, with one head, hair in topknot with curls outlining face, curls and eyes shown as dots, two arms, erect lingamm, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, grounded trident in left hand, diadem with two ribbons in right; the bull Nandi standing left behind, tamgha to upper left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1086-1090. Mitchiner -. Sunrise 551. Göbl, MK 509. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/ancient-india/ancients-india-kushan-empire-vasudeva-i-ca-ad-192-225-av-dinar-20mm-796-gm-11h-choice-vf/a/61385-25109.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61385-04222024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
