294, Lot: 422. Estimate $750. Sold for $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.12 g, 12h). Mint I (A). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident / Seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated on low stool, with legs crossed, right hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā, holding kamandalu; tamgha to left. Cribb, Buddha 101-2 (dies y/25); MK 793; Donum Burns 178 (same dies). Near VF, mottled brown, green, and red patina, roughness and a few tiny specks of bronze disease on obverse. An attractive Buddha figure for issue.