CNG 105, Lot: 542. Estimate $3000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. AV Dinar (20mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Main mint in Baktria (Balkh?). Early phase. BACIΛЄYC BACI ΛЄωN KANHKOY, Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / NANAIA, Nana standing right, holding scepter and box; tamgha to right. MK 27 (O2/R1) = Cribb & Bracey D.G1i = FdS 23 = Göbl, Antike 2339 = Rosenfield 32 = BM Inv. 1929,0725.1; ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –. Near VF. Extremely rare, only two examples cited by Göbl (one in the BM; the other in Den Haag).