296, Lot: 120. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Fourrée Dinar (20mm, 4.49 g, 12h). Kanishka standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar and holding goad and scepter; flame at shoulder / Siva standing facing, head left, pouring water from flask in extended hand and holding
vajra (thunderbolt), trident, and goat; tamgha to left. Cf. MK 55. Near VF, plating broken in areas.