These Hephthalite gold staters imitate the Kushano-Sassanid gold staters Varahran issued about 350 BC, but are of cruder style, with the inscription to the left of the obverse now little more than a rings of large dots.
Denomination : Gold Stater. Mint : Somewhere in Afghanistan, probably Kabul.
Date : about the time of Khingila ca. 430 to 490 AD.
Reference : Gobl 84, Mitchiner Ancient - 1413 variety.
Size : 32.5 x 33.5 mm in diameter, and about 4.4 mm deep (scyphate).
Weight : 7.64 grams.
Grade : gVF for this issue. Typical poorly struck reverse.
Obverse : King standing left, with various inscriptions and symbols around.
Reverse : Siva standing forward, with a bull behind her.