India, Kushan, 127-140 AD., Kanishka I, Drachm, Whitehead 82.

India, Kushan, Kanishka I, "Kashmir" type (Peshawar or Taxila mint?), 127-140 AD.,
Drachm / ¼ Unit (16-17 mm / 3,36 g), axes about medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 330°)
Obv.: ÞAO CA - [NHÞK]I (or similar, Bactrian legend around: "Shao Kaneshki"), King standing left, wearing tall helmet, long heavy coat and trousers, holding sceptre, beside small altar to left.
Rev.: M[AO] , Bactrian legend to right, Mao, diademed, lunar "horns" at shoulders, standing facing, head left, right hand extended in benedictional gesture, l. hand on hip, filleted sceptre cradled in left arm; tamgha to left.
cf. Mitchiner ACW 3161 ; Whitehead (Cat. Punjab Museum, Lahore) p. 189, no. 82 (2 coins) ; cf. Göbl 48 .