Æ Drachm - Kujula Kadphises Roman Style

Kujula Kadphises founded the Kushan Empire by unifying the five Yavana tribes of Bactria sometime in the first century AD, and his early coinage reflects a political strategy as much as an economic one. This Roman-style type directly imitates late Roman provincial issues circulating in the region, a deliberate signaling of cosmopolitan ambition toward Mediterranean trade networks at a moment when the Silk Road was becoming the dominant axis of Eurasian commerce.

ANS Kushan #103 places this among the earlier attributions in the series, before Kujula's workshop shifted toward more distinctly Kushan iconographic conventions.