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Rare Kidara Kushan Base Gold Dinar of Later Kushan Dynasty with Goddess Ardokhsho.

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Rare Kidara Kushan Base Gold Dinar of Later Kushan Dynasty with Goddess Ardokhsho.
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Later Kushan Dynasty, Kidara-Kushan (365-390 CE), Base Gold Dinar, "Ardokhsho" type, Obv: the king, crowned and nimbate, standing facing left, sacrificing over an altar, a ribboned trident surmounts the altar, holding a standard in his left hand, the Brahmi legends "Kapana" next to the altar, "Kidara" under his raised left arm and ("Kushana") to the outer right, Rev: the goddess Ardokhsho enthroned, nimbate, facing forward, holding a cornucopia in her left hand and a diadem with ladder-like ribbon in her extended right hand, the Brahmi initial “Ala” in the right field, a tamgha on the upper-left field, 7.77g, 23.78mm, (Gobl # 617/Jongward & Cribb # 2440-41), about very fine, Rare.