India Kushans. Huvishka I. Circa 152-192 AD. AV Quarter Dinar. EF. Extremely rare, 6th known example

India Kushans. Huvishka I. Circa 152-192 AD. AV Quarter Dinar.

12.85mm 1.98gm 12h. Mint I (A). PAONANOPAO O-OHPKI KOPANO crowned and diademed bust left on
clouds flame on right shoulder holding mace sceptre and sword hilt / CARAPO
Serapis nimbate seated facing holding diadem in right hand and
sceptre in left tamgha to left. Zeno #59806

MK 164 J. Rosenfield The Dynastic Art of the Kushans p. 98 and pl. IX 186 Donum Burns - MACW -.

Extremely fine. Extremely rare 6th known example.

 

Note:

This is the sixth known example of this coin type and the first to
appear on the market for sale. There were none in the Skanda and Hirayama
collections.

 

"The figure of Serapis demonstrates most clearly the multi-cultural
proclivities of the Kushans. A specifically Hellenistic combination of
the important and highly popular Egyptian gods Osiris and Apis
representing the religious syncretism of the Greco-Roman gods with their
foreign counterparts in the period following the death of Alexander the
Great. As the supreme god of the Alexandrian pantheon the god had a
large temple-complex in that capital known as the Serapeum. Although
quite popular in the Roman Empire the apparent rarity of this reverse
type suggests that this god failed to achieve a similar level of
popularity among the Kushans". CNG Triton IX Lot: 1146