Indian Coins
Lot 3622 SESSION 9 (7.00PM THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER) Indian Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $240
INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab) Kunindas, Amoghabuti (c.150-80 B.C.), silver drachm, 17mm, (2.41 g), obv. legend in Brahmi (Great King Amoghabhuti of the Kunindas), deer standing right with raised head, to right goddess Lakshmi standing facing, holding long-stemmed lotus in her right hand and placing left on hip, rev. same as obverse legend, six-arched hill with triatana above, swastika and split standard (Indra-dhvaja) on the left and tree in railing to right, serpent or wave symbol below, (JONS 218, fig.42, AICR 1144, HGC 12, 850). Toned, good very fine, rare.
Ex CNG Triton III, November 30- December 1, 1999 (lot 1743 part).
The Kunindas were a native Indian dynasty on the foothills of the Himalayas. Their coinage showing a standing deer next to Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth, knowledge and spiritual enlightenment)
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