King riding elephant right, very crude partial PAONANA PAO OOhpKE NOPANO / Deity standing left, tamgha in the left field. 25mm, 8.38 grams. Mint of Taxila or Pushkalavati. Mitchiner ACW #3215ff. SKU T1610-50703

Huvishka was the emperor of the Kushan Empire from about 150 CE until the succession of Vasudeva I about thirty years later. His rule was a period of consolidation for the Empire. Huvishka's territory encompassed Balkh in Bactria to Mathura in India, locations were it is known that he minted his coinage. His reign seems to have been essentially peaceful, consolidating Kushan power in northern India, and moving the center of the Kushan Empire to the southern capital city of Mathura.