One of the First Issues of Kanishka I

Triton XVI, Lot: 654. Estimate $20000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.98 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 1st emission. BACIΛЄYC BACI ΛЄωN KANHÞKOY, Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / HΛIOC, Helios, nimbate and diademed, standing facing, head left, raising right hand in benedictional gesture, left hand on hip; tamgha to left. MK 25 (O1/R1) = Cribb & Bracey D.G1i = A. Cunningham, “Coins of the Kushâns, or Great Yue-ti,” NC 1892, 1 = FdS 21 = Göbl, Antike 3358 = Rosenfield 90 = BM inv. 1888, 1208.537 (same dies); Donum Burns –. EF. Only the second known. One of the great Kushan rarities.