Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 431. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1100. 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. [ÞAONANOÞAO] KA [NhÞKI KOÞANO], Kanishka standing facing, head left, holding standard and goad; altar to left / M HTPAT O BOYΔO, seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated facing, legs crossed, on low stool, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā, and holding kamandalu; tamgha to inner left. Cribb, Buddha 106-17 (dies z/26); MK 791; Donum Burns -. Near VF, green and brown patina.