Kushano Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit. Superb
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Kushano Sasanians Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit.
2.44gm 16.7mm. uncertain mint possibley Kabul valley?
Draped bust of Hormizd I to right wearing crown with decorated korymbosand a lion's head before head 'King Hormizd' in Pahlawi in upper
left field tamgha behind / Shiva standing facing and holding trident in
his left hand behind him his comagnion the bull Nandi staning left.
Cribb type 22. Extremely fine natural earthen patina. Rare nice struck and very attractive.
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".
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".