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1 Dinar - Vasishka
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 240-250 |
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| Diameter | 23 mm |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated frontally on a throne or lion throne, richly attired and wearing an elaborate headdress, holding a cornucopia or diadem in her left hand and extending her right hand in a gesture of bestowal. A small altar with a flame is depicted at her feet in the lower field. The reverse field is enclosed by a beaded border, and a Bactrian legend in Greek-derived script runs along the right margin of the field, naming the deity. The composition follows the standardised Kushan reverse iconographic programme associating royal legitimacy with divine abundance. |
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Vasishka remains one of the more obscure Kushan rulers, his reign sandwiched between the better-documented Kanishka II and Kanishka III during a period when the empire was already contracting under Sasanian pressure from the west. His coinage is notably scarce relative to his predecessors, suggesting either a short reign, a reduced administrative apparatus, or both. Göbl 552 represents one of the tighter die groups within his corpus — the classification itself a product of Robert Göbl's landmark 1984 typology, which remains the standard reference for Kushan numismatics.