1 Dinar - Vima Kadphises

Vima Kadphises consolidated Kushan control over northwestern India and, crucially, dominated the lucrative trade routes connecting Rome to China. The gold coinage he issued — heavier and more consistent than his predecessors' — reflects direct access to Indian goldfields and the enormous customs revenues extracted from merchants moving goods through Bactria and the Khyber Pass. His reign marks the point at which the Kushan monetary system achieved real standardization.

Göbl 783 places this type within a well-documented die sequence, though attribution of precise regnal dates remains contested among specialists, with some pushing the terminal date as late as 130 AD.