INDIA. Kushan Empire. Shaka (ca. AD 325-345). AV dinar (20mm, 7.74 gm, 12h). NGC AU 4/5 – 4/5. Reduced Kushan standard, uncertain mint. Illegible Bactrian legend, Shaka standing facing in elongated style, nimbate head left, wearing diadem with tie and long ribbons to right, tall jeweled conical hat, dot-edged kaftan with high collar, loose-fitting long sleeves, and arched hemline, worn over dot-edged trousers and boots, dropping small pellets from right hand over three-pronged lit altar at left, filleted grounded standard in left hand; trident with long looped fillet to left, dotted border beneath feet, Bha (Brahmi) between altar and leg, SaYaTha under left arm, ShaKa to right / Illegible Bactrian legend, Ardoxsho seated facing on high-backed throne with ornate legs, wearing halo, hair in ringlets to shoulders, ankle-length robe, and scarf draped from right arm over lap, filleted investiture garland in right hand, cornucopia in left; tamgha to left above, dotted border. ANS Kushan -. Mitchiner 3573. Sunrise -. Göbl, MK -. From the Historical Scholar Collection At present, NGC does not grade Kushan, Kidarite, Gupta, Kaivartas, or Samatata gold coins. However, as a special, one-time consideration, NGC Ancients has encapsulated these selections from the extensive Historical Scholar Collection.

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