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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Sasanian Empire| > WA40138
Kushano-Sasanian, Ardashir I Kushanshah, c. 230 - 250 A.D.
|Sasanian| |Empire|, |Kushano-Sasanian,| |Ardashir| |I| |Kushanshah,| |c.| |230| |-| |250| |A.D.|, Soon after he overthrew the Parthians, c. 230 A.D., the Sasanian king Ardashir I invaded Bactria. He and his son Shapur I, seized the Kushans' western provinces in Bactria and Gandhara and put them under the rule of Sasanian nobles called Kushanshahs. About 325, Shapur II took direct control of the south. In the north, Kushanshah governors ruled for about another 85 years, until Bactria was overrun by the Hephthalites.
WA40138. Bronze drachm, ANS Kushan 2145 - 2146, Mitchiner ACW 1264; Göbl Kushan 1028, aEF, some strike weakness, weight 2.810g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 135o, obverse Pahlavi legend: Mazda-worshipping Ardashir, great Kushan king, crowned bust right, wears a crenelated crown, flattened hair bun above, two diadem ends and three rows of curls behind, dotted beard, control mark in right field; reverse Pahlavi legend: Lady Anahita, goddess Anahita seated facing within a domed and pillared sanctuary, wearing crown and diadem with ribbons left and right, knees apart, diadem with ladder-like ribbons in right hand, scepter in left hand; SOLD










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