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Lot # 22 - Gold Dinar Coin of Huvishka of Kushan Dynasty of Oesho type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Huvishka of Kushan Dynasty of Oesho type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Huvishka of Kushan Dynasty of Oesho type. Gold Dinar Coin of Huvishka of Kushan Dynasty of Oesho type.
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Kushan Dynasty, Huvishka (160-190 AD), Gold Dinar, "OESHO"(Shiva) type, Obv: a diademed and crowned half-length bust of the king facing left emerging from clouds, holding a mace-scepter in one hand and an elephant-goad (ankush) in the other, Bactrian legend "þAONANOþ.........ηþKI KOþANO" “Shaonanoshao Ooishki Koshano” (King of Kings Huvishka, the Kushan) around, Rev: a tetrabachrius depiction of the deity Oesho (Shiva) standing facing left, nimbate, hair in a topknot and wearing a dhoti, pouring holy water from the kamandalu  in his horizontally outstretched right hand, holding a damru in another right hand, a trident in his upper-left hand and a left hand is akimbo, an animal (buck or goat) is held by the horns in his lower-left hand, tamgha on the left field, Bactrian legend “OηþO” (OESHO) at right field, dotted border around the field, 7.85g, 20.05mm, (Variant of Gobl # 308/Mitch. ACW # 3199), choice very fine, Very Rare.