420, Lot: 338. Estimate $150. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (15.57 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to inner left. Cribb, Buddha 37 (dies c/14); MK 785; ANS Kushan 616 (same dies); Donum Burns 175. Fine, brown surfaces.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 1454 (9 August 2006), lot 149.