419, Lot: 282. Estimate $150. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradachm (25mm, 14.10 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar / seated Maitreya Buddha: Buddha seated cross-legged facing on stool, hand raised in gesture of
abhayamudrā and holding
kamanḍalu/kuṇḍikā (water pot); tamgha to inner left. Cribb,
Buddha reverse die 25; MK 791; cf. ANS Kushan 617. Fair, stripped brown surfaces, numerous cleaning marks.