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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1979,0215.31
Description
Copper alloy coin.
(whole)
Worn image of a king standing to front, head to left, making an offering at a small altar with his right hand and holding a spear in his left. Bactrian inscription.
(obverse)
Wind god Oado running to left, arms stretched upward holding cloth; with his name in Bactrian in the right field, tamgha in left.
(reverse)
Authority
Ruler:
Kanishka I
Cultures/periods
Kushan
Production date
127-150
(circa)
Production place
Minted in:
Afghanistan
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Charles Masson
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Chahar Bagh Stupa 4
Materials
copper alloy
Dimensions
Diameter:
26.50 millimetres
Weight:
15.80 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For other coins from the same relic deposit, see 1979,0215.21-30, 32-41, IOC.298 and IOLC.2665; for relic casket, see 1880-95. For a discussion of the identification of the findspot of these coins as Chahar Bagh Stupa 4, see 1979,0215.21.
Bibliographic references
Masson MSS Eur. E161/VII
(f.18)
Wilson 1841 / Ariana Antiqua. A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan
(pp.103, 369, no.28, Coins pl.XII.19-23)
India Museum Inventory 1880 / India Museum. Inventory of the Collection of Examples of Indian Art and Manufactures transferred to the South Kensington Museum
(p.27, no.1052)
Cribb & Bracey 2011 / Kushan Coins Catalogue
(D.C1iia)
Errington 2017a / Charles Masson and the Buddhist Sites of Afghanistan: Explorations, Excavations, Collections 1832-1835
(p.147, fig.215.12, p.148, p.219)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Worn
Subjects
ruler
deity
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Kanishka I
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Oado
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
India Museum
Acquisition date
1880
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1979,0215.31
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
1052
(South Kensington Museum no.)
Miscellaneous number:
3
(India Museum no.)
Miscellaneous number:
HSBC.864
(Money Gallery Exhibited)
Conservation
Treatment
: 17 Oct 1996