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Didrachm - Kanishka I
| Issuer | Kushan Empire |
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| Year | 128-150 |
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| Weight | 7.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of King Kanishka I standing facing in full length, wearing Kushan royal regalia including a crowned and diademed headdress; the king holds a long spear in his right hand and extends his left hand toward a small flaming altar at left, in the act of sacrifice. The figure is rendered in the distinctive frontal Kushan artistic style, with trousered boots and a billowing kaftan-style tunic. A Bactrian legend runs along the left field identifying the royal issuer. |
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| Obverse lettering | ÞAONANOÞAO KANHÞKI KOÞANO |
| Reverse description | The goddess Nana depicted standing to right, shown nimbate with a prominent halo encircling her head, rendered in the Kushan syncretic artistic tradition blending Hellenistic, Iranian, and Indian iconographic elements. She holds a bowl or patera in her outstretched hand and carries the protome of a horned animal, likely a bull or lion, referencing her role as a lunar and fertility deity. A Bactrian inscription identifying the deity runs along the left field. The design is contained within a beaded border, and the reverse field shows the characteristic flat, slightly irregular flan typical of Kushan copper coinage. |
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