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My First Kushan Coin

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 Posted 10/03/2014  6:38 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I've been wanting to add a Kushan empire coin to my collection for some time now, so when I saw this one for under $10 I snached it up. The obverse isn't that great but it has a nice reverse and the coins is easily attributed.



My-First-Kushan-Coin

My-First-Kushan-Coin

Kushan empire
AE Tetradrachm
King Kanishka I
128-150 AD
Obverse: King standing facing right, legend no visible
Reverse: Four armed Shiva
Tamgha (monogram) at left
26.5mm x 17.2 grams
Gobl 781

Here is some information on Kanishka from Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanishka
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When you say "wanting to add ...", do you want more of those or do you want to collect one coin from each region/dynasty?

Nice coin and typical obverse for later Kushan Emperors.
A nice site with images of Kushan coins is:
http://www.anythinganywhere.com/com...-kushan.html
(You should be able to determine if that link is okay.)

Myself have around a dozen Kushan coins, all but one with the standing king obverse. The last one is:



My-First-Kushan-Coin

My-First-Kushan-Coin

Kushan Empire
AE Tetradrachm
Soter Megas
~55-105
Taxila mint
Mitchiner#2928+

Obverse: Diademed, radiate bust right, holding sceptre - behind head tamgha
Reverse: Mounted horseman, walking right - in front tamgha

(And the inscription on the reverse {let me latinise} BASIL[EU BASILEVON SO]TER MEGAS)
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Actually I have a few more on the way. I like to try an get at least one if not more from each ruler of the empire.
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Nice! My first (and one of few) local purchases was a Kushan bronze. I was so thrilled to have found an ancient coin locally!

At World's Fair of Money in August I bought a couple more "just because" :) I'll take pictures of them and post them here this weekend.
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