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echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/03/2014 6:38 pm 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. 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 Report this Post to the Staff

Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 10/03/2014 9:25 pm 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: 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) Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/03/2014 9:47 pm 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. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 10/04/2014 06:22 am 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. Report this Post to the Staff
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