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India. Kushans. Kanishka I, c. 127-152 AD. Gold D

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD
India. Kushans. Kanishka I, c. 127-152 AD. Gold D
<Our item number 115727><B>India. Kushans. Kanishka I, c. 127-152 AD. Gold Dinar &#40;7.97 g&#41;.</B> Kanishka, diademed, and in long tunic and pants, with flames at shoulder, stands left sacrificing over altar; a standard is held in the left hand. <I>Reverse</I>: Shiva, nimbate and standing facing, holds in one of four arms a thunderbolt, a flask, a trident, and the horns of the goat standing to the right; large <I>tamga</I> at lower left; his name, &#34;Oesho,&#34; at right in Graeco-Bactrian script. MK 67; Rosenfield 37; cf. Donum Burns 131; cf. MACW 3063, 3064. Well centered and sharply struck, with exceptional detail. Softly lustrous. <B>NGC graded Choice Uncirculated.</B> <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,500 - 3,000. <I><BR>Illustrated in <B>Money of the World</B><I>, coin 28.</I></I> <BR><BR>Our item number 115727<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115727.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115727N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>