Kushano Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit
14.33mm, 3.41gm. 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 with very clear legend. Very nice example (much better in hand).
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".