numismatics department

Coin, Kanishka I (100 - 126)

Material gold
Size 20 mm
Weight 7,91 g
Provenance Moscow University
Inventory Number Н-1326
State Kushan Empire
Ruler Kanishka I (c. AD 100-126)
Obverse

King, standing to front, head to l., wearing Kushan royal bonnet and diadem, holding spear and elephant goad, making an offering at a small altar.

Legend

Inscribed in Bactrian (Greek script): [РΑ]ОΝΑΝOΡΑOΚΑ—ΝhΡΚΙΚOΡΑ[ΝO] (king of kings Kanishka Kushan)

Reverse

Kushan god Wesho inthe guise of Shiva standing to front, head to l., with four arms, holding trident, water-pot, elephant goad and a drum. Small animal (buck?) to the r. Tamga to the l.

Legend

Inscribed in Bactrian (Greek script): OΚΡO (Wesho)