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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     80000435      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     KUSHAN EMPIRE Issuer:     Huvishka I Date Ruled:     Circa AD 152-192 Metal:     Gold Denomination:     Dinar Weight:     7.88 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     ÞAOhAhOÞ[A]O OOhKI KO[ÞAhO] (first 2 h's retrograde), nimbate, diademed, and crowned half-length bust of Huvishka facing on clouds, head left, holding mace-scepter in right hand, filleted scepter in left Reverse Description:     MAAChhO (2nd h retrograde), Maaseno, nimbate and crowned, standing facing on two-tiered ornate and filleted distyle daÏs with corbeled central bay, holding long scepter in right hand, left hand on hilt; on either side, nimbate figure standing facing with head turned to central figure; left figure holding long scepter in right hand, left hand on hilt; right figure with right hand on hip, holding long scepter in left hand; tamgha to left Primary Reference:     MK 227A (O1/R1) = Donum Burns 251 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=132658 Grade:     VF, toned Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 435 Extremely rare, the second example known and the only one not in a public collection. Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 481.Maaseno was the Kushan incarnation of the Hindu god Karttikeya, or Skanda, whose epithet was Mahasena. A particularly important deity to Yaudheyas, with his cult center at the Yaudheya capital of Rohitaka, it is highly probable that he entered the Kushan pantheon as a result of Kushan expansion into the territory of the Yaudheyas.

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