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1 Dinar - Kanishka I
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 127-150 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Bactrian (Greek-derived script) |
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| Reverse description | Full-length figure of the goddess Nana standing to the right, depicted in draped attire with a nimbus or halo around her head, her right arm raised holding a sceptre or staff, her left hand lowered. To the right of the figure, a Tamga symbol of the Kushan dynasty is prominently displayed. The legend NANA appears to the left of the goddess in Bactrian script, identifying the deity. The whole design is enclosed within a beaded border typical of Kushan gold coinage. |
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Kanishka I expanded the Kushan Empire to its greatest territorial extent, controlling trade routes between Rome, Parthia, and Han China simultaneously. His gold dinars were struck to a standard deliberately echoing the Roman aureus — a calculated signal to western trading partners that Kushan currency was a serious medium of international exchange. The weight standard held remarkably consistent across his reign, a logistical achievement given the geographic sprawl of his mints.
Göbl 49 places this issue within the earlier phase of Kanishka's coinage, before the gradual stylistic drift visible in later dies.