CNG 96, Lot: 633. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Siva, nimbate, standing facing, head left, pouring water from flask and holding vajra (thunderbolt), trident, and he-goat; tamgha to left. MK 62 (unlisted dies); Donum Burns 131. EF, minor shift strike around head on obverse, hairline die break and trace of deposit on reverse.