CNG 100, Lot: 1656. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Siva standing left, pouring water from flask and holding vajra (thunderbolt), trident, and he-goat; tamgha to left. MK 37 (O4/R7); ANS Kushan 371-2; Donum Burns 119-21. Near EF.

Ex Birkler & Waddell 2 (11 December 1980), lot 591.