Welcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Large heavy Kushan coin, minted under the authority of emperor Vasudeva I between 195-230 AD

ID# 138c Diameter: 22mm

MINT: Mathura, North India

OBVERSE; þAONANOþAO BA ... ZO??O KOþANO -King standing with trident, left hand over an altar.

REV: O?þO?

• Siva standing facing, bull standing left behind him, tamgra to right.

Vasudeva I (Kushan: ??????? "Bazodeo", Chinese: ?? "Bodiao") was a Kushan emperor, last of the "Great Kushans." Named inscriptions dating from year 64 to 98 of Kanishka's era suggest his reign extended from at least 191 to 225 CE. The last named inscription of his predecessor, Huvishka, was in the year 60 = 187 CE, and the Chinese evidence suggests he was still ruling as late as 229 CE. He was the last great Kushan emperor, and the end of his rule coincides with the invasion of the Sassanians as far as northwestern India, and the establishment of the Indo-Sassanians or Kushanshahs from around 240 CE. His name, Vasudeva, is that of the father of Krishna, the popular Hindu god, and he was the first Kushan king to be named after an Indian god. He converted to Hinduism during his reign.

The coin will be shipped out from Auckland inside a 2x2 coin flip with information insert.

The shipping is $2.60 for this auction to anywhere in New Zealand.

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