| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 420 Price realized: 3,750 USD (Approx. 3,448 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.95 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Late phase. Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Siva, nimbate, standing facing, head left, pouring water from flask and holding vajra (thunderbolt), trident, and he-goat; tamgha to left. MK 62 (unlisted dies); ANS Kushan 382; Donum Burns 131. Lightly toned, traces of underlying luster. Near EF. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 127 | Auction date: 17 September 2024 |
| Lot number: 334 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (21mm, 8.06 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. ÞAO(retrograde h)A(retrograde h)OÞAO BO Z ΔhO KOÞ(retrograde h)O, Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left / OhÞO up left, triple-headed (two human and one a horned animal) and ithyphallic Siva standing facing, flames at shoulders, holding a garland or diadem in upper right hand, lotus in lower right, and trident tin upper left; lower left hand resting on hump of the bull Nandi standing behind left, wearing bell around neck; ^ to upper right . MK 500 var. (all three heads human); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 402 = C.A. Burns, "Topi Hoard of Kushana, Dinaras" Numismatic Digest 14 (1990/1), p. 20 (Second Workshop) = C.A. Burns, "Coinage of the King of Kings, Vasudeva, Kushana," Numismatic Digest XI (1987), Fig. 20 (Workshop "B"). Lightly toned, whisper of die rust on obverse. Near EF. Extremely rare with the only other published example being the Donum Burns coin, only this example in CoinArchives. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 108 (16 May 2018), lot 424. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 562 | Auction date: 15 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 308 Price realized: 1,100 USD (Approx. 1,018 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.91 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Middle phase. Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left / Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem in extended right hand and trident in left; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left. MK 509 (O8/R– [unlisted rev. die]); ANS Kushan 1088; Donum Burns 415. Lightly toned, deposits in devices, a few marks. VF. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560 | Auction date: 17 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 371 Price realized: 1,300 USD (Approx. 1,223 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva II. Circa AD 267-300. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.95 g, 12h). Main mint in Mathura/Gandhara. Vasudeva standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; rju in Brahmi to right of altar; gho in Brahmi between Vasudeva's feet; ga in Brahmi below Vasudeva's arm; rda in Brahmi to right / MK 628 (Vasishka; O8/R–; unlisted rev. die); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 711-2. Lustrous. EF. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 563 | Auction date: 5 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 427 Price realized: 2,250 USD (Approx. 2,068 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka III. Circa AD 267-270. AV Dinar (23mm, 7.92 g, 12h). Main mint in Taxila. Nimbate Kanishka standing left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; ga in Brahmi to right of altar; gho in Brahmi between legs; pri in Brahmi to right of scepter / Ithyphallic Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; to upper left, pellet above tamgha. MK 635/1 (same dies); ANS Kushan 1645; Donum Burns –. Areas of double strike, underlying luster. Near EF. Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 276 Price realized: 850 USD (Approx. 783 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I. Circa AD 190-230. AV Dinar (22mm, 8.00 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Middle phase. Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted, and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; filleted trident to left; α to right of trident / Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem in extended right hand and trident in left; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; tamgha to upper left. MK 532 (Vasudeva II; O4/R24); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 442 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, underlying luster. VF. Estimate: 400 USD |  |
