Ancient Gold Coins
Lot 4814 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday 25 November) Ancient Gold Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $200
INDIA, Taxila, late imitative of Kushan, as a Kidara issue of anonymous issue (400-450 A.D.), base gold stater, (8.01 g), obv. debased standing king facing with head to left, rev. crude representation of Goddess Ardoksho enthroned facing, (M.3696). 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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