Northern India, Kushans, Huvishka (158-195 AD), AE Unit, Sun God, Zeno-22545+

Description

This coin was issued under
Emperor
Huvishka
(
158-195
AD) in
Kushan Empire.
Kushan Empire
was a syncretic empire, formed by the
Yuezhi
, in the
Bactrian territories
.
It spread to encompass much of modern-day territory of
Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India
.
Kushans were most probably
one of the five branches
of the Yuezhi confederation, who migrated from
northwestern China (Xinjiang and Gansu) and settled in ancient
Bactria
.
Kushans followed
Greek religious ideas
and iconography after the Greco-Bactrian tradition, and elements of Zoroastrianism.
They in general were also great
patrons
of Buddhism
.
They played an important role in the
spread of Buddhism
to central Asia and China.
Huvishka
was a Kushan emperor from the death of
Kanishka
until the succession of
Vasudeva
I about
thirty years
later.
His rule was a period of retrenchment and consolidation for the Empire.
In particular he devoted time and effort early
in his reign to the exertion of greater control over the city of Mathura.
[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia etc.]
Copper Unit.
Worn and corroded, but interesting.
Design :
Sun God
standing to left, with the legend "
Miiro
". /
Emperor seated
cross-legged
.
Provenance : Ex Mr. Robert Tye, Great Numismatist, in Yorkshire, UK in 1990.
Catalog number is MA-3246 and Zeno-22545+.
MA catalogue is "Oriental coins and their values, The Ancient & Classical World. 600 BC-AD 650.",
written by Michael Mitchiner, published by Hawkins Publications in London in 1978.
Zeno on line catalogue is "Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database".
The god design of Zeno-22545 is Moon God, not Sun God.
Size : 22 x 22 mm,      Weight : 13.28 gr.
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