CNG 106, Lot: 574. Estimate $150. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Takto. Circa AD 90-113. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.77 g, 12h). Imitating Heliokles I of Baktria. Uncertain mint in the Surkhandarya Valley and Begram area. Diademed bust right / Horse standing left with foreleg raised; tamgha on rump. Senior A22.1T; ANS Kushan 227; HGC 12, 176; AICR 1160 (Yue-Chi; this coin) . Good VF, dark brown patina. Extremely rare with the clear tamgha on the horse’s rump.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.