Tetradrachm - Huviska Kushana Imitative type

The Kushana imitative tetradrachms occupy a curious position in the monetary record: they were not struck by the imperial administration but proliferated as the Kushan state fragmented under Sasanian pressure in the third century. Local authorities and petty rulers across Bactria and Gandhara reproduced Huvishka's coinage types with diminishing fidelity, the copper fabric reflecting both the collapse of centralized mint control and the exhaustion of gold and silver reserves that had once made Kushan coinage among the most prestigious in Central Asia.

Attribution to a specific issuing authority is rarely possible. The ACR reference groups these broadly by type rather than origin.