The Silk Road Collection III – ADDENDUM
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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET
3003
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.82 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 left, holding elongated cornucopia, tamgha to left, with curved Bactrian legend APΔOXÞO
(Ardoksho) to right, within dotted border.
About VF, good surfaces, fully legible, showing very attractive flow line on obverse. Ex Chand Collection British
Museum no 1.2.12.
CHF 750 - 1’500
3004
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.95 g. (21 mm). Obverse: Crowned and diademed half-length bust left
on clouds, holding mace-scepter and hilt of sword, with Bactrian legend around. Reverse: Miiro (Mithras) standing
facing, head with radiate halo to the left, raising hand in benediction and left hand on sword, tamgha to left, with
Bactrian legend MIIÞO (Miro).
EF, attractive appearance, nice lustrous surfaces, well-defined features, especially on the reverse which shows
exceptionally sharp details and the radiate halo of the deity. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 1.1.24.
CHF 1’500 - 3’000
3005
Kushanas, Huvishka, c. 151-192, AV dinar, 7.74 g. (21 mm). Obverse: Crowned half-length bust left, halo around head,
holding mace-scepter, with Bactrian legend around. Reverse: Nana standing facing with head right, holding scepter,
tamgha in right field, with Bactrian legend NANA, dotted border around.
Nana was the eastern Iranian goddess worshipped by Bactrians, Sogdians, and Kushans, probably as a goddess of
fertility, a pincipal deity and the head of the Kushan pantheon. Göbl obverse type XVII.
Fine-VF. Ex Chand Collection 1.2.21
CHF 1’500 - 3’000