The Silk Road Collection III – ADDENDUM
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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET
ADDENDUM – The Silk Road Collection Additional offering
Kushan
3000
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.91 g. (20 mm). Obverse: Crowned and diademed half-length bust facing
left, halo around head, holding mace-scepter and hilt of sword, with Bactrian legend around beginning at 7 o’clock.
Reverse: Ardoksho standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia, tamgha to right, with straight-line Bactrian
legend APΔOXÞO (Ardoksho) to right, within dotted border.
VF+, fully legible and well-defined features, some lustre shows through, light deposits on obverse, which also show
very attractive flow lines. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 4.99.12
CHF 1’000 - 1’500
3001
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.88 g. (20 mm). Obverse: Crowned and diademed half-length bust facing
left, halo around head, holding mace-scepter and hilt of sword, with Bactrian legend around. Reverse: Ardoksho
standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia, tamgha to right, with straight-line Bactrian legend APΔOXÞO
(Ardoksho) to right, within dotted border.
VF+, well-defined features, struck from slightly rusty dies. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 6.3.18.
CHF 1’000 - 1’500
3002
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.93 g. (21 mm). Obverse: Crowned and diademed half-length bust facing
left, halo around head, holding mace-scepter and hilt of sword, with Bactrian legend around. Reverse: Ardoksho
standing facing, head right, holding cornucopia, tamgha to right, with straight-line Bactrian legend APΔOXÞO
(Ardoksho) to right, within dotted border.
VF details, fully legible, multiple test cuts at 10 o’clock and 3 o’clock on the obverse, bent at 3 o’clock. Ex Chand
Collection British Museum no 4.99.13.
CHF 750 - 1’500