409, Lot: 372. Estimate $100. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Vima Kadphises. Circa AD 113-127. Æ Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.33 g, 12h). Main mint in Begram. Vima Kadphises standing facing, head left, sacrificing over altar; trident to left, tamgha and club to right / Siva with three heads standing facing, holding trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing right; Buddhist triratana (“Three Jewels”) to left; all within bead-and reel border. MK 760; NS Kushan –; Donum Burns –; AICR 1186 (this coin illustrated). Near VF, brown surfaces. Rare.

From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.