Kushan coinage
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kushan-coinage-163-7566008
title:
Kushan coinage
text:
In the coinage of the North Indian and Central Asian Kushan Empire, the main coins issued were gold, weighing 7.9 grams, and base metal issues of various weights between 12 g and 1.5 g. Little silver coinage was issued, but in later periods the gold used was debased with silver. The coin designs usually broadly follow the styles of the preceding Greco-Bactrian rulers in using Hellenistic styles of image, with a deity on one side and the king on the other. Kings may be shown as a profile head, a
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description:
Coinage of the Kushan Empire
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushan_coinage
date created:
2008-08-02T07:06:00Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T09:09:52Z
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