253, Lot: 214. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.74 g, 11h). Mint I (A). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated facing on low stool, legs crossed, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā, holding kamandalu; tamgha to left. Cribb, Buddha 79-82 (dies i/21); MK 790. Fine.