| Hephthalites | ||
|  Superb stater of Toramana II (ca.530-570 AD), Hephthalite North India. King standing left, holding a severed head over an altar, trident in the left hand, SRI TORAMANAPRA in the left upper field / Goddess seated crosslegged, lion laying at her feet, JEYA in the right field. 21mm, 7.4 grams. Mitchiner NIS 151; Mitchiner ACW 3792; Gobl -. Stock #24252. An excellent coin, one of the nicest specimen of these coins from the Hephthalite Kashmir I ever came across (notice the neatly struck head of the lion on reverse). These are usually fairly crude, and struck from worn dies. The obverse inscription is reported in mitchiner as SRI TORAMANA, but this specimen shows a clear "PRA" added to "NA". Rare. | US$ 48.00 |
| Superb stater of Toramana II (ca.530-570 AD), Hephthalite North India. King standing left, holding a severed head over an altar, trident in the left hand, SRI TORAMANAPRA in the left upper field / Goddess seated crosslegged, lion laying at her feet, JEYA in the right field. 19mm, 6.8 grams. Mitchiner NIS 151; Mitchiner ACW 3792; Gobl -. Stock #24251. An excellent coin, one of the nicest specimen of these coins from the Hephthalite Kashmir I ever came across (notice the neatly struck head of the lion on reverse). These are usually fairly crude, and struck from worn dies. The obverse inscription is reported in mitchiner as SRI TORAMANA, but this specimen shows a clear "PRA" added to "NA". Rare. | US$ 30.00 |
| Superb stater of Toramana II (ca.530-570 AD), Hephthalite North India. King standing left, holding a severed head over an altar, trident in the left hand, SRI TORAMANAPRA in the left upper field / Goddess seated crosslegged, lion laying at her feet, JEYA in the right field. 21mm, 6.8 grams. Mitchiner NIS 151; Mitchiner ACW 3792; Gobl -. Stock #24250. An excellent coin, one of the nicest specimen of these coins from the Hephthalite Kashmir I ever came across (notice the neatly struck head of the lion on reverse). These are usually fairly crude, and struck from worn dies. The obverse inscription is reported in mitchiner as SRI TORAMANA, but this specimen shows a clear "PRA" added to "NA". Rare. | US$ 40.00 |
| Superb stater of Toramana II (ca.530-570 AD), Hephthalite North India. King standing left, holding a severed head over an altar, trident in the left hand, SRI TORAMANAPRA in the left upper field / Goddess seated crosslegged, lion laying at her feet, JEYA in the right field. 22mm, 7.1 grams. Mitchiner NIS 151; Mitchiner ACW 3792; Gobl -. Stock #24251. An excellent coin, one of the nicest specimen of these coins from the Hephthalite Kashmir I ever came across (notice the neatly struck head of the lion on reverse). These are usually fairly crude, and struck from worn dies. The obverse inscription is reported in mitchiner as SRI TORAMANA, but this specimen shows a clear "PRA" added to "NA". Rare. | US$ 42.50 SOLD |
| Kidarites | ||
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 18mm, 4.6 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24259. | US$ 21.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 18mm, 4.6 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24258. | US$ 16.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 21mm, 5.7 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24257. | US$ 24.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 20mm, 5.7 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24256. | US$ 20.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 22x18mm, 4.9 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24255. Note: The coin is not broken - it is just struck on a miscast flan. | US$ 16.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 19mm, 4.9 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24254. | US$ 25.00 |
| Anonymous AE stater, Kidarite Principality of the Kota Kula in the Punjab (360-460 AD). Very stylized Shiva and bull. / Kota symbol; wheel with four spokes to left, trident to right (also known as "Kidarite Tamgha"). 18mm, 4.5 grams. Gobl Hunnen Em. 179. Stock #24253. | US$ 24.00 |
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Hunnic Kingdoms and their contemporaries (ca.350-650 AD) COINS
