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Kushan Dynasty, Huvishka&nbsp;(160-190 CE),&nbsp;Gold Dinar, &quot;Athsho&quot;(God of Metal and Fire) type, Main Mint in Bactria (Balkh?),&nbsp;Late&nbsp;phase, Obv:&nbsp;a half-length bust of the king, crowned, diademed and&nbsp;nimbate,&nbsp; facing left emerging from clouds, holding a mace-scepter in one hand and the hilt of his sword in the other, Bactrian legend &quot;&thorn;AONANO&thorn;.........&eta;&thorn;KI&nbsp;KO&thorn;ANO&quot;&nbsp;&ldquo;Shaonanoshao&nbsp;Ooishki&nbsp;Koshano&rdquo;&nbsp;(King of Kings&nbsp;Huvishka, the&nbsp;Kushan) around the field,&nbsp;Rev:&nbsp;Athsho&nbsp;standing, facing right, flames around his head and shoulder,&nbsp;holding blacksmith&#39;s hammer over shoulder and pair of tongs,&nbsp;a tamgha on the right field, the Bactrian legend&nbsp;&ldquo;&alpha;&Theta;&THORN;O&rdquo;&nbsp; (Athsho)&nbsp;on the left field, a&nbsp;dotted border around the field, 7.73g, 21.0mm, (Gobl # 230/Jongward&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Cribb&nbsp;# 736), about very fine, Extremely&nbsp;Rare.

Note:&nbsp;The god Athsho, or Athosho, appears to derive from the Zoroastrian deity &#39;Atar&#39;, the son of Ahura Mazda, and the personification of holy fire, indicated by the flames about Athsho&#39;s head and shoulders. Associated with A&scaron;a-Vahi&scaron;ta, the personification of truth or righteousness, who appears as Ashaeixsho on coins of Huvishka, the figure of Atar has been employed historically for royal fires. While recognized in Iran as a deity, who admitted or rejected souls in heaven, Athsho was most closely associated in western Mithraism with Hephaistos. The blacksmith&#39;s hammer and tongs, symbols of Hephaistos, were also used as tools for igniting the holy fire. thus associating them also with Athsho. Likewise, Pahlavi&#39;s commentary on the Ata&scaron;nyayi&scaron; (Sacred Books of the East XXIII:360, note 6) notes the further connection between these two gods in that, like Hephaistos, Athsho &quot;bodily is infirm; spiritually he is a warrior.&quot;

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