Obol - Kujula Kadphises

Kujula Kadphises founded the Kushan Empire by unifying the five Yabghus of the Yuezhi sometime in the first century AD, a consolidation documented in the Hou Hanshu. His early coinage is notably imitative — he copied Hermaeus of Bactria and Roman Augustus types before developing distinctly Kushan designs, suggesting a deliberate strategy of monetary legitimacy borrowed from recognized predecessors. This obol falls within the Senior B2.3 classification, placing it among the lighter silver fractions that circulated alongside his more prolific copper issues.