Issuing authority
Kushan Empire
Central Asian empire issuing gold and copper coinage with a mixed Greek and Indic iconography.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Central and South Asia, Asia
- Recorded period
- AD 30 – AD 375
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
Published entries
4
Individual types and documented families
With photographs
100%
4 with a credited real-object photo
Dated span
AD 30 – AD 142
3 entries with their own date
Verified or well documented
0
Highest two confidence levels
Catalogue entries (4)
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
ancient coins
Coin from Bactriana of King Soter Megas, 30-50
30 - 50
Bronze coin. Obverse: bust of the king with lance facing right. Reverse: the king with lance facing right. Greek legend. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-0025; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2 cm x weight 8.38 g.
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
ancient coins
Coin of Kushan King Vima Kadphises (Cleveland Museum of Art 1999.225)
100–200s CE
This gold coin represents the reigns of the Kushana ruler, Vima Kadphises. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse. It is identified by an inscription in Kharosthi, the language used in northwestern India during the Kushan period. The reverse depicts the figure of Her…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
ancient coins
Coin (Cleveland Museum of Art 1999.227)
c. 106–149 CE
This gold coin represents the reign of the Kushana ruler, Havishka. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse. It is identified by inscriptions in Kharosthi, the language used in northwestern India during the Kushan period. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1999.227: Coin,…
Partial type record
Cleveland Museum of Art
ancient coins
Coin of Kushan King Vasudeva I (Cleveland Museum of Art 1999.226)
c. 142/145+
This gold coin represents the reign of the Kushana ruler, Vasudeva I. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse. It is identified by inscriptions in Kharosthi, the language used in northwestern India during the Kushan period. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1999.226: Coi…
Partial type record
Dated entries by century
- 1st century1
- 2nd century2
Only the 3 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.
Materials recorded in the physical descriptions
- Gold3
- Bronze1
An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.
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