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1 Drachm - Kanishka I
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 127-150 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of King Kanishka I depicted full-length, facing, wearing a crowned and diademed helmet with elaborate headdress; the king is shown in typical Kushan royal attire, holding a long spear in his right hand while extending his left hand to sacrifice over a small altar at lower left. A Bactrian legend runs along the upper field. The bold, stylized rendering reflects the syncretic Greco-Bactrian and Iranian artistic tradition characteristic of early Kushan coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | ШАΟΝΑΝΟШАО ΚΑΝΗШΚΙ |
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| Edge | Plain |
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