Watch List notes:

INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152. Æ Tetradachm (25mm, 15.79 g, 12h). Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). Late phase. ÞAO K[A] N(retrograde h)Þ[KI], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder / SAKAMA to left, ODYOB ON to right (in Kushan, some letters retrograde or inverted), standing Śākyamuni Buddha: Buddha standing facing, hand raised in gesture of abhayamudrā; tamgha to outer left. Cribb, Buddha 42 (dies q/15); MK 785; cf. ANS Kushan 616 (for type); Donum Burns 175. Good VF, brown patina. Well centered with nearly full legends. Among the finest known.


From the Dr. Wilfried Pieper Collection.