Lot 20
Ancient Kushan Kanishka I Buddha type Copper Tetradrachm
Auction # 27 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 50000 - 60000
- Opening Bid -
- Catalog Reference #
- Jongward & Cribb # 617
- Metal Composition
- Copper
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine+
- Diameter
- 25.33 mm
- Weight
- 16.18 gms
- Denomination
- Tetradrachm
- Calendar/Year
- c. 127/28-152 AD
Ancient, Kushan, Kanishka I (127/28-152 AD), Copper Tetradrachm, 16.18 gms, 25.33 mm, Buddha type, Obv: king standing left, holding standard, sacrificing over fire altar to left greek legends ' ÞAO ΚANηρKI ' around, Rev: Maitreya Buddha seated cross-legged facing on meditation platform, raising his right hand in gesture of reassurance (Abhaya Mudra) & holding water pot in his left hand resting on thigh, Bactrian legends ' MHTPAΓO BOYΔO ' (Maitreya Buddha) around, Jongward & Cribb # 617, very fine+, extremely rare.