Four Buddha Bronzes

Triton XVIII, Lot: 848. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradachm (25mm, 17.00 g, 1h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. ÞAO [KA] N(retrograde h)Þ[KI KOÞANO], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; [flame at shoulder] / SAKAMA to left, ODYOB ON to right (in Kushan, some letters retrograde or inverted), standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to outer left. Cribb, Buddha 30 (dies o/11); MK 786.1 (same dies); Donum Burns 175. VF, green and brown patina, some cleaning marks.