Copper tetradrachm w/Hercules, Kujula Kadphises (c.30/50-80 AD), Kushan Empire

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Diademed bust right, corrupt Greek legend naming Kujula // Hercules standing facing, holding club and lion skin; Kharosthi legend. 22mm, 7.18 grams. cf. Senior ISCH B6 type; Mitchiner ACW 2897-2910.

This type, with a realistic portrait, it thought to have been inspired by the early Roman coinage, probably by the bronzes of Emperor Augustus.

Kujula Kadphises, reigned (30/50-80 CE), was a Kushan prince who united the Yuezhi confederation during the 1st century CE, and became the first Kushan emperor. According to the Rabatak inscription, he was the grandfather of the great Kushan king Kanishka I. The origins of Kujula Kadphises are quite obscure, and it is usually considered he was a descendant of the Kushan ruler Heraios, or even identical with him. Interestingly however, Kujula shares his name on some of his "Hermaeus" coins, or Kozola on his "Augustus" coins with some of the last Indo-Scythian rulers, such as Liaka Kusulaka, or his son Patika Kusulaka, which might suggest some family connection.


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