CNG 103, Lot: 477. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.97 g, 12h). Subsidiary mint in Gandhara (Peshawar?). Late phase. Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / Ardoxsho standing right, holding cornucopia; tamgha to right. MK 77 (O41/R4); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns 139; Triton XIII, lot 272. Near EF, obverse struck with slightly worn die. Very rare, only five examples cited by Göbl.