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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Asian Coins| > |Kushan Empire| > WA59159
Kushan Kingdom, Kujula Kadphises, c. 50 - 90 A.D.
|Kushan| |Empire|, |Kushan| |Kingdom,| |Kujula| |Kadphises,| |c.| |50| |-| |90| |A.D.|, Uniting the Yuezhi confederation, Kujula Kadphises became the first Kushan emperor. He took Bactria from the Scythians and the Indo-Parthians, and then moved the tribes into Gandhara (N.E. Afghanistan and N. Pakistan). Controlling the Silk Road between China and India, in the east, and the Mediterranean world, in the west, the Kushans became a world power second only to China and Rome.

ANS Kushan notes this type circulated primarily in the Vakhsh valley, Tajikistan.
WA59159. Silver obol, Senior B2.3, ANS Kushan 38 - 43, Mitchiner ACW 2840 - 2843 (Heraios), Göbl Kushan -, aVF, weight 0.588g, maximum diameter 11.9mm, die axis 0o, c. 50 - 90 A.D.; obverse diademed and draped bust of king right, with beard and moustache; reverse King standing facing, head right, wearing nomadic dress, armed with sword raising right hand; Greek legend: HIAOY KOPPANOY (of Kushan yabgu) in two flanking downward lines, squared letter forms, blundered; scarce; SOLD










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