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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4086650, member: 99456&quot;]The purple glow is interesting on Kujula Kadphises?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064998[/ATTACH]<b>India, Kushan, Vima Taktu </b>(Soter Megas), Circa 80-90 AD, Æ Tetradrachm</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed bust right, holding sceptre; Tamgha of Soter Megas behind</p><p><b>Rev:</b> King on horseback right; Tamgha of Soter Megas before</p><p><b>Ref: </b>MACW 2928</p><p><b>Notes: </b>The Kushan Empire was founded by Kujulu Kadphises, of [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&#039;s coin, his son was Vima Taktu.&nbsp; The<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabatak_inscription" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabatak_inscription" rel="nofollow"> Rabatak inscription</a> written in both Greek and Bactrian language was found in Afghanistan in 1993 and changed Kushan history by providing evidence to verify the &#039;Soter Megas&#039; as Vima Takto.&nbsp; The first translation was published in 1996 by Nicholas Sims-Williams.&nbsp; Partial inscription below:</p><blockquote><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">&quot;And he gave orders to make images of the same, (namely) of these gods who are inscribed hereupon, and he gave orders to make (images of) these kings: King Kujula Kadphises (his) great grandfather and King Vima Taktu (his) grandfather and King Vima Kadphises (his) father, and himself, King Kanishka. Then, as the king of kings, the son of the gods Kanishka had given orders to do, so Shafar the lord of the marches made this sanctuary, and Pyash the lord of the marches, and Shafar the lord of the marches, and Nukunzuk the ašto-wa[lgo carried out] the king’s command. May these gods who are inscribed here [keep] the [king] of kings, Kanishka the Kushan, for ever healthy, fortunate (and) victorious!&quot;</font></p><p><font size="4">- Nicholas Sims-Williams <a href="http://silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol10/SilkRoad_10_2012_simswilliams.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://silkroadfoundation.org/newsletter/vol10/SilkRoad_10_2012_simswilliams.pdf" rel="nofollow">2012</a></font></p></blockquote><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next: </b>a coin with two languages[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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