Lot 10034 – Kushanas, Vima Kadphises, c. 113-127 AD, in window, AV quarter dinar, 2.01 g.

Kushanas, Vima Kadphises, c. 113-127 AD, AV quarter dinar, 2.01 g. (12 mm). Obverse: crowned head to right within a window with Greek legend. Reverse: Shiva’s trident with axe head on the shaft, tamgha left, in field to right, Buddhist symbol triratna, Karoshti legend around.

EF as struck, lustrous surfaces, some flatness on the head from the strike.

A very rare example of the famous window type coin of Vima Kadphises, the father of the great Kushan king Kanishka I.

Ex Chand Collection 6.3.10