370, Lot: 245. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.02 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. Kanishka standing facing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left / Standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; [tamgha to outer left]. Cf. Cribb, Buddha 20 (for type); MK 785; ANS Kushan –. Good Fine, red and brown patina, some corrosion, lightly smoothed on reverse.