Lot 10074 – Kushanas, Vasudeva, c. 190-230, Shiva, AV dinar, 8.09 g.
Lot 10074 – Kushanas, Vasudeva, c. 190-230, Shiva, AV dinar, 8.09 g.
Kushanas, Vasudeva, c. 190-230, AV dinar, 8.09 g. (20 mm). Obverse: Vasudeva, nimbate, helmeted and diademed, standing facing, head left, holding trident, sacrificing over altar to left; trident with ribbons to left, Bactrian legend around. Reverse: four-armed Shiva with three heads standing, facing, holding trident, a diadem, a lotus, and a water pot; behind, the bull Nandi standing left with bell around neck, Bactrian OHÞO to left, tamgha right, within dotted border.
Good EF, nice lustrous surfaces and very well struck.
This very important, rare, and wonderfully detailed coin shows the unusual feature of Oesho/Shiva holding the lotus flower.
Ex Chand Collection 5.2.08
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