409, Lot: 376. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 16.51 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; flame at shoulder / Nana standing right, holding scepter and box; tamgha to right. MK 776; ANS Kushan 540-5; Donum Burns 159; AICR 1195 (this coin illustrated). VF, brown surfaces.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.