INDIA. Kushan Empire. Kanishka I (ca. AD 127-151). AE didrachm (20mm, 11h). NGC Choice Fine. Attic standard, Kapisha, main mint (probably Begram), middle phase with Bactrian inscriptions. ÞAO ΚA-NΗΡKI, Kanishka I standing facing, head left, wearing long beard, diadem with ribbons, round brimmed Iranian cap, cloak double-clasped at chest worn over knee length tunic, trousers, and boots, flame emanating from right shoulder, dropping pellets with right hand over lit altar at left, grounded spear in left; long sword with curved hilt held by belt, dotted border / MIOPO, Mioro standing facing, head left surrounded by radiate halo, diadem with ribbons to right, knee-length cloak around shoulders double-clasped at chest over belted tunic and boots, right arm extended with hand raised in benediction, left hand on sword hilt at hip; tamgha in left field, dotted border. ANS Kushan 454-457. Göbl, MK 771. From the Historical Scholar Collection

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