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Ancient India: INDIA. Kushano-Sasanian Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (28mm, 7.96 gm, 12h). MS....
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INDIA. Kushano-Sasanian Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (28mm, 7.96 gm, 12h). MS. Bactria, late series imitative issues in the name of Vasudeva I, ca. AD 220-259. ÞAONAÞAO BA-OZΔÞO VOBANO (blundered), Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing diadem with ribbons to right, jeweled triangular helmet with forehead crescent, clad in full armor with long-sleeved knee-length tunic, coils covering arms, top as chain mail, shirt of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, sacrificing with right hand over altar at left, grounded trident in left hand, flames emanating from right shoulder; er (Brahmi) in upper left field, three pellets under left arm, tetraskelion between feet / OhÞO, Ithyphallic Oesho (Siva) standing facing with two arms and single head surrounded by partial halo, hair in topknot with curls outlining face, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, erect lingammmm, diadem in right hand, trident with annulet on shaft in left; the bull Nandi standing left in background, one pellet above bull's head, three pellets below bull's head, tamgha to upper left, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1700.Vasudeva I, reigning from the 190s-230s AD, oversaw the later part of the Golden Age of the Kushan Empire. The iconography of his coinage was starkly Shivan, in a break from the pervasive Iranic syncretism of previous Kushan coins. Vasudeva I was the last Kushan ruler to be recorded by Chinese sources, implying that the subsequent Sasanian invasion of Central Asia would rob the Kushana of their geopolitical significance. The Vasudevan dinars were probably the basis for early imitative gold issues of the Kushano-Sasanians and later Hunnic tribes.
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2025 August 17 Spotlight: India World and Ancient Coins Showcase Auction #61537 (go to Auction Home page)
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