420, Lot: 335. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127-151. Æ Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.88 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Middle phase. Kanishka standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding standard / Mao standing facing, head left, extending right hand in benedictional gesture, left hand on hilt; tamgha to left. MK 774; ANS Kushan 520-32; Donum Burns 156-7. VF, dark brown and green surfaces.

From the David Nelson Collection, purchased from Bob Reis.