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INDIAN COINS. KUSHAN. Kanishka I, c. 130-158 AD. ¼ Dinar. AV 1.98 g. King standing facing, his he…

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INDIAN COINS. KUSHAN. Kanishka I, c. 130-158 AD. ¼ Dinar. AV 1.98 g. King standing facing, his he…
INDIAN COINS. KUSHAN. Kanishka I, c. 130-158 AD. ¼ Dinar. AV 1.98 g. King standing facing, his head turned to left in round-topped hat and with flames at his shoulder, he holds a long standard in his left hand and sprinkles incense over an altar with his right hand. Rev. ????? in field r., Buddha standing facing nimbate, hair in ushnisha (topknot) with aureole around, wearing long pleated tunic (samghati), the hem of which he holds up in his left hand, his right raised making the sign of abhaya mudra. Göbl 73: See J. Cribb, Kanishka's Buddha Coins, Numismatic Digest vol. 8 1984. The earliest numismatic depiction of Buddha, one of only three gold coins with the Buddha reverse known to Göbl. Extremely rare. Good extre¬mely fine

Ex Skanda collection, Spink-Taisei Catalogue 9, Singapore, 20 February 1991, lot 18