344, Lot: 235. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.02 g, 12h). Mint I (A). 3rd emission. Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; [flame at shoulder] / Seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated cross-legged facing on stool, [hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā and holding kamanḍalu/kuṇḍikā (water pot); tamgha to inner left]. Cf. Cribb, Buddha 101-7; MK 791.6; Donum Burns 178. Fair, thick brown and green patina, rough.