| Obverse |
King standing facing, sacrificing at altar at left, holding sceptre in left hand, Bactrian legend around: �AO KANI�KI (Shao Kanishki) |
| Reverse |
Solar deity Mithra standing left, radiate and nimbate, holding out diadem, Bactrian legend at right: MIIPO, tamgha at left |
| Date |
c. 127-150 CE |
| Weight |
14.77 gm. |
| Diameter |
25 mm. |
| Die axis |
12 o'clock |
| Reference |
G�bl 768, MAC 3077-78 |
| Comments |
Inexpensive specimen of a scarce type. Although the legend on the reverse is not clear, the radiate nimbus around the deity's head makes the attribution conclusive ... only Mithra has the nimbus with solar rays emerging from it. |