Kanishka I 'Nanaia' AE Didrachm or Half-Unit 000886

Kanishka I 'Nanaia' AE Didrachm or Half-Unit 000886
Kanishka I 'Nanaia' AE Didrachm or Half-Unit
Bronze, 8.58 grams, 21.20 mm. Kushan. 127-152 AD. Obverse: DAO KANHDKI (Shao Kaneshki), king standing left, wearing tall helmet, long heavy coat and trousers, beside small altar, holding sceptre. Reverse: NANA (on left, downwards), goddess Nanaia, diademed and draped, standing right, holding short sceptre in right hand; monogram to right. Mitchiner ACW 3071-3073; Whitehead 97. Good fine. A significant coin which has been published on wildwinds.com
 
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