CNG 100, Lot: 1690. Estimate $750. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka III. Circa AD 267-270. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.87 g, 12h). Main mint, probably Taxila. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding filleted staff; filleted trident to left; ga in Brahmi to right of altar; trace of gho in Brahmi between feet; hu in Brahmi to outer right / Siva standing facing, holding a garland or diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing left; to upper left, pellet above tamgha. MK 634/6 (Kanishka II); ANS Kushan 1644; Donum Burns 615-5. Near EF, small shroff mark on reverse.