AE stater w/Shiva, Vasishka/Vasu Deva II (c.250-300 AD), Taxila, Kushan Empire

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King standing left wearing sword, holding trident to right, altar at his feet, standard above, partial Bactrian legend / Siva standing beside bull (left) holding trident, tamgha right. 21mm, 6.00 grams. Taxila series, very late crude series, Mitchiner ACW 3533. 

Vasishka (ca.247-267 AD), Kanishka III (ca.268 AD) and Vasudeva II (ca.268-300 AD) were Kushan emperors ruling during the period of rapid decline of the Kushan power. Vasudeva II probably only was a local ruler in the area of Taxila, in western Punjab, under the suzerainty of the Gupta Empire.


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