CNG 100, Lot: 1658. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Pair of AV Quarter Dinars. Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. Both coins: Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Mao (Mithra) standing left, extending in benediction and holding scepter; tamgha to left. MK 48 (O20/R3); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Pair includes the following (a) (14mm, 1.98 g, 12h) // (b) (13mm, 1.95 g, 12h). Both coins VF, lightly toned, second coin holed.