420, Lot: 334. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Athsho, hand on hip, standing left, holding diadem in outstretched hand; tamgha to left. MK 772; ANS Kushan 459-79; Donum Burns 153-7. Near VF, brown and green surfaces.
From the David Nelson Collection, purchased from Bob Reis.