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Ancient Kushan Gold Coin Kushan Kanishka 8-gr 20mm

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Ancient Kushan Gold Coin Kushan Kanishka 8-gr 20mm
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Kushan Gold Coin Grandfather Kushan Period Kanishka 100AD 7.90 grams / 19.54-19.09x2.24mm / Kanishka's coins portray images of Indian, Greek, Iranian and even Sumero-Elamite divinities, demonstrating the religious syncretism in his beliefs. Kanishka's coins from the beginning of his reign bear legends in Greek language and script and depict Greek divinities. Later coins bear legends in Bactrian, the Iranian language that the Kushans evidently spoke, and Greek divinities were replaced by corresponding Iranian ones. All of Kanishka's coins – even ones with a legend in the Bactrian language – were written in a modified Greek script that had one additional glyph (?) to represent /š/ (sh), as in the word 'Kushan' and 'Kanishka'

Dimensions: 19.54-19.09x2.24mm*
Weight: 7.90 grams*
* (estimate/approximately)