Kushan Empire, Huvishka AV Dinar. Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?), circa AD 151-190. Crowned and diademed bust to left, flames emanating at shoulders / Miiro standing facing, head to left, surrounded by radiate halo and diademed, raising right arm, cradling filleted sceptre and holding hilt of sword with left; tamgha to left. MK 290 (O1a/R5); ANS Kushan 767; Donum Burns 265; CNG 117, 380 (hammer: USD 13,000). 7.63g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; only one other on CoinArchives.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XXIII, 24 March 2022, lot 477.
Price realized | 4'000 GBP |
Starting price | 2'400 GBP |
Estimate | 4'000 GBP |