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Ancient India: INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (24mm, 11h). ANACS EF 40. ...
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INDIA. Kushan Empire. Vasudeva I (ca. AD 190-230). AV dinar (24mm, 11h). ANACS EF 40. Kushan standard, Bactria, main mint (probably Balkh), late phase. Þ-AONANOÞAO B-AZOΔHO 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 to left of tamgha in upper left field, dotted border. ANS Kushan 1091-1093.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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