Kushano Sasanians, Ohrmazd (Hormizd) I Kushanshah. Circa AD 265-295. AE Unit.
2.80gm, 15mm. uncertain mint possibley Kabul valley.
Draped bust of Hormizd I to right, wearing crown with decorated korymbos
and a lion's head; before head, 'King Hormizd' in Pahlawi; in upper
left field, tamgha behind, three dots under / Shiva standing facing and holding trident in
his left hand, behind him, his comagnion, the bull Nandi staning left.
Zeno-341171(It's me there), Cribb, type 22. Extremely fine, natural earthen patina. Extremely rare with tamgha & three dots under.
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".