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2 Dinar - Vima Kadphises
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 100-128 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (100-128) |
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Vima Kadphises consolidated Kushan control over northwestern India and is credited with introducing gold coinage to the empire at scale — a monetary shift that reflects both the dynasty's command of trans-Himalayan trade routes and its access to Indian gold supplies. The heavy weight standard of this denomination, derived loosely from the Roman aureus, points directly to the commercial logic behind the coinage: these coins needed to be credible currency to Mediterranean and Central Asian merchants alike.
Göbl 763 distinguishes this issue by specific die characteristics within a series that later copyists and die-sinkers muddied considerably.