409, Lot: 375. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.29 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; flame at shoulder / NAO (sic), Mao standing facing, head left, extending right hand in benedictional gesture, left hand on hilt; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 774 (for type); ANS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; AICR 1194 (this coin illustrated). VF, even brown surfaces. Unusual engraver’s error.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.