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. 19mm, 5.59 grams. Taxila series, very late crude series, Mitchiner ACW 3533. SKU T840-51915

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.