Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 I received the following as part of my Secret Saturnalia. I know little about Kushan coins and I'd like a little help, please. Photo credit: EtTu It's about the size of an As. I really should get around to getting a caliper and scale. My guess is a Huvishka AE Tetradrachm. It was originally part of this lot: (ooh, what is the lion coin?) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Snible Posted December 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 Kushan coins have a lot of different deities. Yours names the goddes perfectly. There is a nice chart at http://coinindia.com/galleries-huvishka.html which should help you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthicus Posted December 18, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 Yep, it's King Huvishka riding an elephant, with goddess Mao reverse. I think the coin with lion is from either Taxila or Pushkalavati (it's a little out of my expertise). Nice coins! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 18, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 Thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLTcoins Posted December 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) As @Parthicus suggests, the square coin with the lion is attributed to Pushkalavati, c. 185-160 BC, by Mitchiner (ACW 4401ff). Others attribute the type more broadly to Taxila-Pushkalavati, c. 2nd century BC. Taxila was the principal city of Punjab. Pushkalavati was the leading city of Gandhara. The two historic provinces made up (roughly) the northern region of what we know today as Pakistan, separated by the Indus River with Punjab on the east and Gandhara to the west. Below are two examples I owned some years ago: Edited December 19, 2022 by DLTcoins 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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