133, Lot: 142. Estimate $300. Sold for $431. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Ancient] INDIA, Kushans. Kanishka I. Circa 127/8-152 AD. Æ Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.33 g). Kanishka standing left, holding sceptre, sacrificing over altar to left / The Buddha Sakyamuni standing facing; tamgha to left. Cf. Cribb, Buddha 7-45; MK 785. Near VF, brown patina.

Under Kanishka I, the Kushan Empire reached its greatest extent, ranging from central Asia into northern India as far east as Benares and as far south as Sanchi. The empire was administered from two capitals: Peshawar near the Khyber Pass, and Mathura in