Śākyamuni Buddha

262, Lot: 199. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Drachm (18mm, 4.01 g, 11h). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to left. Cribb, Buddha 60-4 (dies t/18); MK 788. VF, green patina, some smoothing. Rare.