Kushan Empire Kanishka I AE Tetradrachm With seated Buddha Extremely Rare.

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Weight:13.56grams

Size:28mm.

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HISTORY OF COIN

Kushan Empire. Kanishka I. Circa AD 127/8-152.Æ Tetradachm (28mm, 13.56g,12h).Main mint in Kapisha (Begram?).Late phase.

Obverse:[Þ]AO KA ИHÞK[I], Kanishka, diademed and crowned, standing facing, head left, holding goad and scepter, sacrificing over altar to left; [flame at shoulder].

Reverse:MHT[PA]ΓO BOΛΔ O (in Kushan, some letters retrograde or inverted), 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.

Extremely Rare.