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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 162

Kushan kingdom, Kujula Kadphises (Heraus) (c. A.D. 30-80), AR Tetradrachm, 15.86g., Bamiyan Province, diademed and draped bust of tyrant right, rev. barbaric Greek legend; King mounted right on horseback crowned by flying Nike (Cribb, The 'Heraus' Coins, Essays in Honour of Carson and Jenkins, pl. XXVI, 54 (this coin); Mitch. 514), toned, very fine Estimate £ 350-450 PROVENANCE: Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, May 1988, 2758 This issue was traditionally given to the tyrant Heraus, however it has been reassigned to Kujula Kadphises by Cribb

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