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Area:Khushans

Ruler:Vima Kadphises

Reigned:c. 105 - 130 AD

Denomination:AE Pana

12.41 gramns weight

Obverse:Emperor sacrificing to small altar left, in the field trident, club and tamgha (kind of heraldic sign), "BACIΛEYC BACIΛEωN OOHMO MEΓAC OOHM KAΔΦICHC" (or similar) Greek legend = 'King of Kings, Wima Kadphises, the Great, the Saviour

'Reverse:Siva with three faces standing facing, holding trident in raised right hand and resting left on bull Nandi, standing behind him, right,; Buddhist triratana (The Three Jewels) to left. Karoshti legend

The origins of the Kushans were the group of nomads called by the Chinese "Yueh-chi," that were pushed out of Xinjiang-Mongolia late in the 2nd century BC by the Xiung-nu (probably the "Huns") and moved south and west, eventually displacing the Scythians (Sakas) in Afghanistan.