Indian Coins
Lot 2420 Session 8 (2.30pm Thursday) Indian Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $160
TAXILA, Late imitative of Kushan, Kidara issue for king Kritavirya (c.400 A.D.)?, base gold stater, (8.042 grams), obv. debased standing king facing with head to left, rev. crude representation of Goddess Ardoksho enthroned facing, (M.3632). Very fine and rare.
This is a further development of the deteriation of the stylised type that continued for another 500 years in the coinage of Kashmir until the advent of Muslim rule.
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