| Obverse |
King standing facing, sacrificing at altar at left, remnants of Bactrian legend around, Brahmi legend in right field: Kushana, under arm: Kidara, at left: Kushana |
| Reverse |
Enthroned Ardochsho (Lakshmi) seated facing, holding diadem and cornucopia, Brahmi letters at right: sala, tamgha left |
| Date |
c. late 4th or early 5th century CE |
| Weight |
7.78 gm. |
| Diameter |
20-22 mm. |
| Die axis |
12 o'clock |
| Reference |
Göbl 613-615 |
| Comments |
This coin type is normally classified as an anonymous Kidarite coin, following on the better style Taxila coins of Kidara that resembled the coins of Gadahara. However, the coin has the Brahmi legend Sala on the reverse, and that creates the possibility that it is an issue of the Kidarite king Salanavira, who ruled in Taxila in the 5th century. |