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Gold chain with Kushan coins. 2nd century AD. 46.78g. L 43.5cm. Gold chain of two strands with clasp with three set Kushan coins as pendants. The strands are held together by interlocking loops of gold wire with grooved, tubular elements. The coins are dinars of Kanishka I (127 - 151 AD). On the obverse of all three dinars: "King of Kings, Kanishka Kushan", king with elephant whip, lance, sword and flames on the r. shoulder sacrificing over altar. Shoulder sacrificing over altar. The backs differ from left to right on the reverse: OHPO, four-armed, nimbed Oesho with water vessel and elephant whip in lower r. hand, bundle of lightning in upper r. hand. Hand, bundle of lightning in upper r. hand. Hand, trident in upper l. hand and horned animal in lower l. hand, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 37; ANS 371. b. Rs.: MAO, Mao before crescent moon with raised right hand, sword and sceptre, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 76; ANS 389. c. Rs: MIIPO, Miiro (= Mithra) with radiate nimbus, raised right hand and sword, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 52; ANS 378. The reverse depicts the deity Oesho, who is equated with Shiva, the moon god Mao and the sun god Mithra. In the Hindu triad, Shiva stands for destruction; in his abstract form, he embodies fertility. Wearable! Gold! Intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.

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Gold chain with Kushan coins. 2nd century AD. 46.78g. L 43.5cm. Gold chain of two strands with clasp with three set Kushan coins as pendants. The strands are held together by interlocking loops of gold wire with grooved, tubular elements. The coins are dinars of Kanishka I (127 - 151 AD). On the obverse of all three dinars: "King of Kings, Kanishka Kushan", king with elephant whip, lance, sword and flames on the r. shoulder sacrificing over altar. Shoulder sacrificing over altar. The backs differ from left to right on the reverse: OHPO, four-armed, nimbed Oesho with water vessel and elephant whip in lower r. hand, bundle of lightning in upper r. hand. Hand, bundle of lightning in upper r. hand. Hand, trident in upper l. hand and horned animal in lower l. hand, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 37; ANS 371. b. Rs.: MAO, Mao before crescent moon with raised right hand, sword and sceptre, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 76; ANS 389. c. Rs: MIIPO, Miiro (= Mithra) with radiate nimbus, raised right hand and sword, l. in field Tamga. Göbl, Kushan 52; ANS 378. The reverse depicts the deity Oesho, who is equated with Shiva, the moon god Mao and the sun god Mithra. In the Hindu triad, Shiva stands for destruction; in his abstract form, he embodies fertility. Wearable! Gold! Intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.

Estimate 2 400 - 3 000 EUR
Starting price 2 400 EUR

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