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Coin of Kushan empire, King Vasudeva I
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- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.226 IA, reverse, IA, obverse
- Rights
- CC0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This gold coin represents the reign of the Kushana ruler, Vasudeva I. The coin bears a portrait of the ruler on the obverse and various deities on the reverse. It is identified by inscriptions in Kharosthi, the language used in northwestern India during the Kushan period.
