256, Lot: 184. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 15.53 g, 12h). Mint I (A). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated facing on low stool, legs crossed, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā, holding kamandalu; tamgha to left. Cribb, Buddha 98-100 (dies a/24); MK 790. Near Fine, brown surfaces, some porosity.