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Kushan coins Vasu Deva II and Vasishka 250 to 260 AD. Like Mitchiner 3521/ 28.

The Wavy 20 1966 20 cent coin is among the most valuable Australian decimal coin varieties you can still find in your change.

Unidentified copper - man and bull? Kushan?

In the middle of the 4th century AD a Kushan vassal in Pakistan, Kidara by name, rose to power and overthrew the old Kushan dynasty. We call his declining domain the “Kidarite kingdom” but he thought of himself as a Kushan, and so styled himself on his coins. Though he is named as king (Shah) on his coins, it seems that Kidara was probably the head of a confederacy of warlords whose descendants ruled their principalities and issued coins in their own right.

In the middle of the 4th century AD a Kushan vassal in Pakistan, Kidara by name, rose to power and overthrew the old Kushan dynasty. We call his declining domain the “Kidarite kingdom” but he thought of himself as a Kushan, and so styled himself on his coins. Though he is named as king (Shah) on his coins, it seems that Kidara was probably the head of a confederacy of warlords whose descendants ruled their principalities and issued coins in their own right.

Originally a group of nomads called by the Chinese Yueh-chi, they were pushed out of Xinjiang-Mongolia late in the 2nd century BC by the Xiung-nu (probably the Huns) and moved south and west, displacing the Scythians, who in their turn displaced the Greeks in Afghanistan. The Yueh-chi eventually settled the Ganges valley, where they established a prosperous empire based on trade and agriculture.

Kushan coins Better than the other Vasu $70. 260 to 300 AD . Mitchiner3567 /68

The Shahis were Turks or Huns (Hephthalites) or both. When the Arabs stormed into Afghanistan the Turko-Hephthalite government fled in disarray to the Kabul valley, where it coalesced into the Shahi state. They issued the well known bull and horseman jitals and maintained a happy Hindu-Buddhist culture for a while before the Ghaznavid Turks pushed them out of Kabul into the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan. Some decades later the Muslims pushed them eastward again into India. A final push...

Rare early punch-marked silver drachms from the ancient Kasala Kingdom dating from 600-470 BC are described. Several of these coins are discussed in detail, noting their size, weight, and archaeological context. They represent some of the earliest coin issues struck in India. - Download as a PDF, PPTX or view online for free

Rare early punch-marked silver drachms from the ancient Kasala Kingdom dating from 600-470 BC are described. Several of these coins are discussed in detail, noting their size, weight, and archaeological context. They represent some of the earliest coin issues struck in India. - Download as a PDF, PPTX or view online for free

ancient carnelian stamp seal bead Sassanian AD224 -651. Carnelian 10mm

Īsvaradeva: a new Western Kshatrapa king - Tooled Forgeries.pdf

Kushan coins This is a debased gold coin likeMA3589. Our is like this ie mostly silver (not gold)

Originally a group of nomads called by the Chinese Yueh-chi, they were pushed out of Xinjiang-Mongolia late in the 2nd century BC by the Xiung-nu (probably the Huns) and moved south and west, displacing the Scythians, who in their turn displaced the Greeks in Afghanistan. The Yueh-chi eventually settled the Ganges valley, where they established a prosperous empire based on trade and agriculture.