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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Kushan Empire| > WA40162
Kushan Empire, Vasu Deva I, c. 195 - 225 A.D.
|Kushan| |Empire|, |Kushan| |Empire,| |Vasu| |Deva| |I,| |c.| |195| |-| |225| |A.D.|, Peshawar is the capital of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province and the administrative center for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The ancient Sanskrit name was Purushapura (meaning "city of men"). The Kushan king Kanishka moved the Kushan capital to Purushapura (Peshawar) in the 2nd century A.D.
WA40162. Bronze unit, Mitchiner ACW 3500, F, Peshawar (Purushapura) mint, weight 8.523g, maximum diameter 23.2mm, die axis 0o, late reign issue; obverse Kushan king standing facing, trident in right, left hand lowered to altar, trident behind altar, Nandipada symbol right; reverse Stiva standing facing beside bull standing left, tamga behind; SOLD










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