Kushan Coinage

Kushan Coinage

In Coins are little stylised that makes them distinct from other coins, usually picturing a deity on one side and the king on the other. MacDowell (1968) identified 3 regional copper issues of Kajula Kadphises and Vima Taktu of separate coinage in their first issue, this would correspond to the three previous empires. The northern area is Bactria which had the largest sized coins of 12 g (tetradrachms)and 1.5 g, Gandharan whoes coinage weighed 9-10g for lageg and 2 g for small and Indian coins of 4 g each. MacDowell (1960) proposed a gradual reduction of all 3 issues starting with Huvishka and Chattopadhyay (1967) proposes a rapid devaluation of the issue by Kanishka. It seems that there were two reductions based on the coinage of the rulers just named. [ http://www.kushan.org/coins/huvishka/devaluation.htm Accessed 25/03/2007 ] Later issues were unified into a central coinage system of weights.

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External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/jmd_brussels/IBKE.html The Indo-Bactrian and Kushan coinage]
* [http://prabhu.50g.com/kushana/kus_images.html KANISHKA AND THE KUSHANA DYNASTY]
* [http://www.grifterrec.com/coins/kushan/kushan.html k u s h a n e m p i r e]


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