INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (23mm, 8.00 gm, 12h). AU, gouge. Kushan standard, Bactria...
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INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (23mm, 8.00 gm, 12h). AU, gouge. Kushan standard, Bactria, main mint (Balkh?), late phase. Þ-AONANOÞAO-BAZOΔHO KOÞANO, Vasudeva I standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing jewel-edged triangular helmet with forehead ornament, circular side ornament and jeweled earflap, diadem with tie and long ribbons to right, clad in full armor, long-sleeved knee-length tunic with heavy segmented collar and neck guard, banner behind head attached to back, coils covering arms, tunic of plate mail, worn over trousers and high boots, flames emanating from right shoulder, grounded filleted spear in left hand, dropping pellets from right hand over lit altar at left, sword at hip held by belt; nandipada in right field, filleted trident in left field, dotted line beneath feet / OHÞO, Oesho (Siva or Shiva) standing facing, with one head, hair in topknot with curls outlining face, curls and eyes shown as dots, two arms, erect lingamm, wearing ankle-length dhoti with symmetrical folds, grounded trident in left hand, diadem with two ribbon in right; the bull Nandi standing left behind, pellet before bull, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1091-1093 (pellet before bull).Auction Info
2026 June 1 Spotlight: India World and Ancient Coins Showcase Auction #61647 (go to Auction Home page)
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