Lot # 21 - Nana type Gold Dinar Coin of Kanishka I of Kushan Dynasty.
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Start Price 85000 | Estimated Price 85000-95000 |
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Denomination | Gold Dinara | Metal | Gold | |
Full Description: Kushan Dynasty, Kanishka I (127-140 CE), Gold Dinar, “NANA” type, Mint Balkh?, Obv: the diademed king standing facing the left, holding a spear in his left hand and sacrificing over an altar on the left field, with flames on his right shoulder, the Bactrian legend "ÞAONANOÞAO KA-NHÞKI KOÞANO" "Shaonashao Kanishki Koshano" (King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan) around the field, Rev: the goddess Nana standing, nimbate, facing the right, wearing a fillet and a crescent, holding a scepter in the right hand and a box in the left hand, a tamgha in the right field, the Bactrian legend “NANA” in the left field, a dotted border around the field, 7.78g, 19.93mm, (Gobl # 35.9/Jongward & Cribb # 370), about very fine, Very Rare. |