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Maker(s):Vima Kadphises (minted under)
Culture:Kushan period
Title:Tetradrachm of Vima Kadphises
Date Made:100-128 CE
Type:Coin/Numismatic
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Asia; Afghanistan
Accession Number:  MH 2021.5.161
Credit Line:Gift of Julie Dupree Gill (Class of 1977) from the Dupree Collection
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Obverse: Vima Kadphises with his hand over a sacrificial altar.The symbols of the trident battle axe to the theft and club to the right frame his figure. Legend in Greek “ΒΑϹΙΛΕVϹ BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC ΟΟΗΜΟΚΑΔΦΙϹΗϹ” Reverse: three headed Shiva, he stands before the bull Nandi. Legend in Prakrit text.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; numismatics

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