Two Buddha Issues

314, Lot: 227. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.51 g, 11h). Kanishka, nimbate, standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar to left and holding standard / The Buddha, nimbate, standing facing raising hand in a gesture of abhayamudra (reassurance). Cribb, Buddha 18 (dies f/7); MK 785. Fine, brown patina with scattered areas of red and green.