420, Lot: 340. Estimate $200. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (25mm, 15.87 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated cross-legged facing on stool, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā and holding kamanḍalu/kuṇḍikā (water pot); tamgha to inner left. Cribb, Buddha 91-3 (dies x/23); MK 792; ANS Kushan 617; Donum Burns –. Fine, brown surfaces, hint of tooling on obverse. Very rare and popular type.

From the David Nelson Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 124 (12 October 2005), lot 185.