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HUVISHKA, (c.A.D. 260-292), gold quarter stater or dinar, (2.0 grams), obv. bust of upper part of king nimbate to left, wearing rounded decorated leather helmet set with ornament and in loose-fitting tunic, holding a mace in his right hand and a spear in left hand, legend around, rev. God Miro (Mithra) standing to left, nimbate and radiate wearing diaphanous dhoti and holding short sword, behind legend downwards PIMO, (Gobl 371.1 [same dies], cf.M.3201). Good very fine and extremely rare.
Gobl knew of only four examples of this type with the spelling PIMO on the reverse. A similar type was present in the Dr. Lawrence Brilliant Collection of Kushan gold, in the Spink-Taisei, Singapore sale 9 (lot 46 but not as fine and reading MIRO). Mirro or Mithra is the solar or sun goddess, the Mithra of the Irano-Aryan tradition.
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