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1 Dinar - Vasudeva II
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 267-300 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Obverse script | Bactrian |
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| Reverse description | The deity Shiva is represented standing in full figure, holding a garland in one hand and a trident (trishula) in the other. The sacred Nandi bull stands behind the god, serving as his divine attribute and mount. The composition follows the canonical Kushan reverse type associated with Shiva, rendered in the bold, stylised manner characteristic of late Kushan gold coinage. |
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Vasudeva II remains poorly documented even by late Kushan standards, his reign reconstructed almost entirely from numismatic evidence rather than inscriptions or chronicles. The empire he ruled was a diminished one — Sasanian pressure from the west had already stripped away Bactria, leaving Kushan authority largely confined to the Punjab and upper Indus regions. These dinars were struck not from imperial strength but from the inertia of a mint tradition outlasting the political structure that created it.