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Æ Tetradrachm - Vima Kadphises Mono-lingual
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 100-127 |
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| Reference(s) | Mitch AC#3006, Göbl Kushan#760 |
| Obverse description | Full-length figure of King Vima Kadphises standing left in military attire, his right hand extended over a flaming altar; a trident staff rises to the left of the altar. To the right of the king, a club is depicted alongside the royal tamgha symbol. The figure is rendered in the characteristic Kushan artistic style with bold, slightly crude workmanship. A Greek legend encircles the design within a bead-and-reel border. |
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| Mintage | ND (100-127) |
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Vima Kadphises consolidated Kushan control over northwestern India and is credited with introducing the gold dinar to the empire — making this copper issue the workhorse denomination that actually moved through markets while the prestige gold circulated among elites. The mono-lingual format, carrying only the Bactrian Greek script rather than the bilingual legends of some contemporaries, reflects a deliberate administrative narrowing as the empire tightened its bureaucratic identity under his reign.
Göbl 760 is well-attested but surfaces with notable die-axis variation, suggesting decentralized striking across multiple workshops.