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Lot # 17 - Very Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Kanishka I of Kushan Dynasty of Mao type.
Very Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Kanishka I of Kushan Dynasty of Mao type.
Very Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Kanishka I of Kushan Dynasty of Mao type. Very Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Kanishka I of Kushan Dynasty of Mao type.
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Kushan Dynasty, Kanishka I (127-140 AD), Gold Dinar, “MAO” (Moon God) type, Obv: crowned, diademed king standing facing left, holding spear and ankush, sacrificing over fire altar left, flames on shoulders, Bactrian legend around “ÞAONANOÞAO KA-NHÞKI KOÞANO” (King of Kings, Kanishka Kushan), Rev: Lunar deity Mao standing facing towards left, lunar crescent behind the shoulders, holds a staff with globular finial in left arm, right hand outstretched in benediction, Bactrian legend at right “MAO”, tamgha at the left field, dotted border around, 7.8g, 19.62mm, (Gobl # 76/Shrava # 69), choice extremely fine, Very Rare.