Details
LOT 3030
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm. AD 80-113.
Uncertain (possibly Begram) mint. "Soter Megas" issue. Radiate and diademed bust to right, holding sceptre; tamgha to left / [ΒΑCΙΛЄV ΒΑCΙ]ΛЄV⟒Ν C⟒ΤΗΡ [ΜЄΓΑC], King on horseback to right, holding axe; tamgha to lower right. ANS Kushan 186-95; Senior B17.1vT (listed as tetradrachm); Donum Burns 60. Near Extremely Fine.(8.25gr, 20mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3030
Kushan Empire, time of Kujula Kadphises to Vima Takto AE Didrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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