India, Kushan, 128-150 AD., Kanishka I, Æ Tetradrachm, Mitchiner 3108-19.
India, Kushan, Kanishka I, 128-150 AD.,
Æ27 / Tetradrachm (ø 27 mm / 17,36 g), bronze, axes medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°),
Obv.: ÞAO KA - [NIÞKI] , (Shao Kanishki, "King Kanishka"), king standing facing left, [wearing helmet and diadem], clad in long coat and trousers with big boots, with his left leaning on scepter, right sacrificing at altar, Bactrian legend around (starting top right downward).
Rev.: OAΔO , wind god Wado (Oado, a Persian deity) running left, holding up his cloak to catch the wind like a sail, and hair flying to indicate his rapid motion, Bactrian legend at right, tamgha to left.
BMC 62 ; Mitchiner 3108-19 ; Göbl, Kushan 783 ; Donum Burn 167 .
uncleaned