# Coin of Kushan empire, King Vasudeva I

- By: anonymous
- Date: 142
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.226 IA, reverse, IA, obverse
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_coin_of_the_Kushan_empire,_king_Vasudeva_I.jpg)
- Rights: [CC0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/c/c1/Gold_coin_of_the_Kushan_empire%2C_king_Vasudeva_I.jpg/1920px-Gold_coin_of_the_Kushan_empire%2C_king_Vasudeva_I.jpg
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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.