VAuctions > NBJ Auction 10Auction date: 6 December 2023
Lot number: 62

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


Kushan Empire: Kanishka I, AD 127-152. AE Bronze. Kapisha (Begram?) mint. ΡAO KANHΡKI, Kanishka standing left by altar, holding goad and standard, flame at shoulder, Crescent on curved I in left field. NANA, Nana, nimbate, standing right, holding sceptre ending in the forepart of a horse, and bowl or patera, tamgha to right. (4.04gm, 18mm) Very Fine.

Estimate: 90 USD

Starting price: 40 USD

Match 1:
Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 137Auction date: 29 January 2024
Lot number: 1289

Price realized: 4,800 USD   (Approx. 4,446 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Gold Dinar (7.94 g), AD 127/8-ca. 147. Balkh(?). Kanishka standing left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; flame at shoulder. Reverse: Miiro (Mithra) standing left, extending in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left. MK 31; Donum Burns 114. Boldly struck and well centered with complete legends. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 - UP

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 1235

Price realized: 30 CHF   (Approx. 34 USD / 31 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I, circa 127/8-152. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 25 mm, 17.00 g, 12 h), main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). ÞAO ΚANηρKI ('King Kanishka' in Bactrian) Kanishka I standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with his right hand and holding trident in his left. Rev. MIOPO Nimbate Mithra standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand in salute; to left, tamgha. ANS Kushan 418. Donum Burns 151. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Prof. Dr. Björn-Uwe Abels, Leu Web Auction 25, 11-14 March 2023, 1372 and previously acquired from Stephen Album Rare Coins in 2012.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2061

Price realized: 25 CHF   (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I, circa 127/8-152. Tetradrachm (Bronze, 27 mm, 17.03 g, 11 h), main mint in Kapisha (Begram?). ÞAO ΚANηρKI ('King Kanishka' in Bactrian) Kanishka I standing front, head to left, sacrificing with his right hand over altar and holding trident in his left. Rev. ΟΑΔΟ ('OADO' in Bactrian) Oado running to left, holding cloak above his head with both hands; in field to left, tamgha. ANS Kushan 579. Some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of François Righetti, privately acquired in 2007.

It is commonly assumed that the depiction of Oado, the Kushan god of the blowing winds, on Kushan coins influenced the rendering of the Japanese wind deity Fujin.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118Auction date: 8 April 2024
Lot number: 876

Price realized: 25 GBP   (Approx. 32 USD / 29 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Kushan Empire, Kanishka I Æ Drachm. Kashmir mint, circa AD 127-151. Emperor standing facing, head to left, offering over small altar to left and holding goad and standard; ji in Kharosthi to upper left / Miiro standing to left, extending hand in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left; MIP[O] to right. MK 797; ANS Kushan 637-9. 4.22g, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Estimate: 25 GBP

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2060

Price realized: 2,200 CHF   (Approx. 2,501 USD / 2,323 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


INDIA, Kushan Empire. Kanishka I, circa 127/8-152. 1/4 Dinar (Gold, 13 mm, 2.00 g, 12 h), main mint in Baktria, probably in Balkh. Draped bust of Kanishka I emerging from clouds or a mountain top to left with flames on his right shoulder, wearing peaked triangular cap with circle side motif, placing his right hand in front of his chest and holding spear in his left. Rev. AΘÞO Athsho standing facing, head to left, bearded, flames emenating from his shoulders, wearing diadem and cloak around his shoulders, holding diadem wreath in his right hand and fire tongs in his left. ANS Kushan 374. Zeno 197596 (this coin). Rare. Struck from a worn obverse die and wth a minor bump on the edge, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. D. Löer, ex Heritage Europe 58, 15 May 2018, 7027.

Starting price: 100 CHF