308, Lot: 215. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka II. Circa AD 225-240. AV Dinar (22mm, 7.90 g, 12h). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted scepter; filleted trident to left, h between altar and left leg, 6 between legs, “vi” in Brahmi to right / Ardoxsho, enthroned facing, holding filleted investiture garland and cornucopia; tamgha to upper left, 6 above chair back to upper right. MK 553. Near VF, struck from worn dies.

Though the legends are missing from the right side of this coin and could theoretically read BZAHÞKO rather than KANHÞKO, the 6 symbol on the present piece lacks the pellet seen on the issue of Vashishka (MK 557).