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Lot # 27 - Rare Kidara Kushan Base Gold Dinar of Later Kushan Dynasty with Goddess Ardokhsho.
Rare Kidara Kushan Base Gold Dinar of Later Kushan Dynasty with Goddess Ardokhsho.
Rare Kidara Kushan Base Gold Dinar of Later Kushan Dynasty with Goddess Ardokhsho. 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.