WA87811. Bronze tetradrachm, ANS Kushan 520, Mitchiner ACW 3079, Göbl Kushan 774, VF, well centered, dark brown tone, some porosity, Kapisha main mint, probably Begram mint, weight 17.143g, maximum diameter 27.0mm, die axis 0
o, c. 127 - 150 A.D.; obverse Bactrian inscription: þAO KANHþKI (King Kanishka), king standing facing, with a long beard, nimbate, diademed, wearing a pointed brimmed cap, knee length tunic, trousers and boots, sword in sheath on belt, sacrificing over altar left from right hand, vertical spear in left hand; reverse lunar god Mao standing half left, head left, wearing diadem with two long ties, crescent emerging from shoulders forming halo, wearing long cloak over shoulders clasped at chest over ankle length tunic, raising right hand in blessing, left hand resting on hilt of sword in sheath on belt, tamgha left, Bactrian legend right MAO downward on right; from the Robert| L3 Collection;
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