378, Lot: 276. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Drachm (17mm, 4.00 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. Kanishka standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; [flame at shoulder] / Standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to inner left. Cribb, Buddha 60 (dies t/18); MK 788 (same dies); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 177 (same rev. die). Near Fine, black patina, traces of earthen encrustation, some roughness and light pitting.