Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 429. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (17.04 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. [ÞAONANO]ÞAO K[A NhÞKI KOÞANO], Kanishka standing facing, head left, holding standard and goad; altar to left / CAK AMA h O B OY ΔO (Y inverted, K h B retrograde), standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to inner left. Cribb, Buddha 39-42 (dies q/15); MK 785; Donum Burns 175. Near VF, green and brown patina. Rare.