Choice Buddha Bronze from the Senior Collection

CNG 96, Lot: 635. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.64 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. Kanishka standing facing, head left, holding standard and goad; altar to left / Standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to outer left. Cribb, Buddha 15 and pl. 8, 15 (dies f/7 - this coin); MK 785/8; Donum Burns 175; Skanda Collection (Spink-Taisei 9), lot 20 (same dies); Triton IX, lot 1145 (same dies). VF, brown patina. One of the better examples of this type known.

Ex Robert C. Senior Collection.