Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1082. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I . Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (17.76 g, 12h). Kanishka standing facing, head left, holding standard, sacrificing over altar to left / The Buddha, nimbate, standing facing, leaning slightly right, right hand raised in a gesture of abhayamudra (reassurance), left hand at waist; tamgha in outer left field. Cribb, Buddha 30 (dies o/11); MK 786. Near EF, black patina with traces of red-brown.