The Silk Road Collection III – ADDENDUM
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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET
3018
Kushanas, Kanishka III (probably), c. 267-270, AV dinar, 7.75 g. (20 mm). Obverse: king standing facing, head left,
sacrificing over altar and holding staff; trident to left, Bactrian inscription around. Reverse: Ardoksho enthroned with
feet on lotus, facing, holding cornucopia and diadem, Bactrian inscription to right, tamgha left, within dotted border.
VF, struck from a worn die, smooth surfaces, some lustre shows through. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 1.4.22.
CHF 800 - 1’200
3020
200%
3019
3019
Kushanas, Kanishka III (probably), c. 267-270, AV quarter dinar, 1.91 g. (13 mm). Obverse: king standing facing, head left
with conical helmet, sacrificing over altar and holding staff; trident to left, Bactrian inscription around. Reverse: Ardoksho
enthroned, facing, holding cornucopia and diadem, Bactrian inscription to right, tamgha left, dottted border encircling.
An exceedingly scarce quarter issue of King Kanishka III, with nothing similar listed on Coinarchives.
About EF, lustre shows through, well-defined features. Some die cracks along the circumference of the edge. Ex
Chand Collection British Museum no 1.5.01.
CHF 500 - 1’000
3020
Kushanas, Kanishka III (probably), c. 267-270, AV dinar, 7.72 g. (21 mm). Obverse: king standing facing, head left,
sacrificing over altar and holding staff; trident to left, Bactrian inscription around. Reverse: Ardoksho enthroned with
feet on lotus, facing, holding cornucopia and diadem, Bactrian inscription to right, tamgha left, within dotted border.
F-VF. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 1.4.17.
CHF 500 - 1’000
3021
Kushanas, Vasudeva II, c. 275-300, AV dinar, 7.85 g. (20 mm). Obverse: Vasudeva, standing facing, head left with
conical helmet, sacrificing over altar and holding staff; trident to left, Bactrian inscription around and additional
Brahmi letter vasu in right field. Reverse: Ardoksho enthroned, facing, holding cornucopia and diadem, inscription to
right, tamgha left, all within dotted border.
EF, well struck with strong details, lustre shows through. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 1.5.19.
CHF 1’000 - 2’000