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Kushan Dynasty, Huvishka&nbsp;(160-190 AD),&nbsp;Gold ¼ Dinar, "NANA-OESHO" type, Mint Balkh?, Early phase, Obv:&nbsp;diademed and crowned half-length bust left on clouds, flames at shoulder, holding mace-scepter in one hand and elephant-goad (ankush) in the other hand, Bactrian legend "þAONANOþAO OOηþKI KOþANO" (King of Kings Huvishka the Kushan) around the field, Rev: a four-armed Oesho (Shiva) standing,&nbsp;nimbate, facing left, hair in a topknot and wearing a dhoti, holding a&nbsp;tilted water pot (lota) in his extended lower-right hand, a damru in upper-right hand, and a trident in his upper-left hand, an animal (buck or goat)&nbsp;is held by the horns &nbsp;in his lower-left hand,&nbsp;and the goddess Nana&nbsp;standing,&nbsp;nimbate, facing right, wearing stephane&nbsp;and crescent,&nbsp;holding a horse-headed scepter in the right hand and a bowl/box in the left hand, Nana and Shiva standing facing each other on a pedestal, a tamgha between them, Bactrian legend “NANA-OηþO” around, a dotted border around the field, 1.9g, 13.47mm,&nbsp;(Gobl # 167/Sharva # 249),&nbsp;completed details visible on both the sides, choice quality, superb strike, Gem UNC, Extremely Rare.

Note: This quarter dinar of Kanishka I of the Kushan dynasty, of the Nana-Oesho type, represents a particularly interesting issue. Göbl records only Two Known Specimens of this type in his catalogue. The goddess Nana, of Mesopotamian origin, was associated with war, fertility, wisdom, and water, and served as the chief deity of the royal dynastic pantheon during this period. Her cult may have existed in Central Asia even before the arrival of the Indo-Iranians. Oesho is generally identified with the god Shiva in the Kushan pantheon. The combined Nana-Oesho iconography is highly unusual, especially on a fractional denomination, and its appearance here with well-preserved details, precision strike makes this specimen extremely gorgeous.&nbsp;

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