ACKU-44, Kushano Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit.
Kushano Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit
16.36mm, 2.73gm. Gandhara mint. bearded bust right wearing lion headdress, long ribbons flow upward from hair in pleats; reverse fire altar with 'Gondopharan' symbol on shaft, bust on altar.
Gobl Kushan 1125, Mitchiner ACW 1284v, Alram IP 1463,Zeno #101473. Good Very fine.
Note:
The Kushano-sasanians were sasanian princes ruling the old kushan lands in Bactria, the Kabul valley and Gandhara, as sasanian vasalls. Some periods these kushan-shahs were more or less independent, like this ruler, Hormazd I Kushanshah, ruling about AD 295-325 (or 270-295 according to Cribb). Mint for this type might be the Kabul valley.
Ref: M. L. Carter; "A numismatic reconstruction of Kushano-sasanian history", 1985 and Joe Cribb; "Numismatic evidence for Kushano-sasanian chronology".