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1/8 Dinar - Crowned Kanishka I
| Issuer | Kushan Empire (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 127-152 |
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| Weight | 1.02 g |
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| Obverse script | Bactrian |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kanishka I's coinage represents one of the most remarkable monetary experiments of the ancient world — a king who ruled a Buddhist empire yet struck coins populated almost entirely with Zoroastrian, Greek, and Hindu deities, reflecting the extraordinary syncretic religious traffic along the Kushan stretch of the Silk Road. The fractional gold denominations, of which this is among the smallest, were likely used in elite gift exchange and temple offerings rather than everyday trade.
Kanishka's regnal era itself remains one of the most contested problems in South Asian chronology, with scholars still debating whether his reign began in 78, 127, or another year entirely.