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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7441628, member: 99456"]Well there are a couple of things in this attribution that left me wondering:</p><p>"What the heck are lunar horns?"</p><p>"Who is Donum Burns? I should really quote references I have!"</p><p><br /></p><p>Google again useful:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1291199[/ATTACH]</p><p>"lunar horns" appear to be a way of describing the"horns" of a crescent moon for lunar god Mao, an important Zoroastrian lunar deity found on the coins of the Kushan Empire in martial dress. Mao is linked with the female goddess in Greek mythology: Selene, the lunar sister of Helios.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1291196[/ATTACH] <b>India, Kushan Empire, Kanishka I</b>, circa AD 127-151, Æ Drachm (16mm, 3.8g, 12h), Kashmir mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Kanishka standing left, holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; sam in Kharosthi to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Mao standing left, lunar horns at shoulders, extending hand in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left</p><p><b>Obv:</b> MK 802; ANS Kushan 642-5; Donum Burns 195-8; Zeno –</p><p><b>Note:</b></p><ul> <li><b>MK</b> == Göbl, Robert. <i>Münzprägung des Kusanreiches.</i> Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. (Wien, 1984).</li> <li><b>ANS Kushan</b> == Jongeward, D. & J. Cribb. <i>Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins: A Catalogue of Coins from the American Numismatic Society</i>. (New York, 2015).</li> </ul><p><b>Next: </b>Another Diadochi[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7441628, member: 99456"]Well there are a couple of things in this attribution that left me wondering: "What the heck are lunar horns?" "Who is Donum Burns? I should really quote references I have!" Google again useful: [ATTACH=full]1291199[/ATTACH] "lunar horns" appear to be a way of describing the"horns" of a crescent moon for lunar god Mao, an important Zoroastrian lunar deity found on the coins of the Kushan Empire in martial dress. Mao is linked with the female goddess in Greek mythology: Selene, the lunar sister of Helios. [ATTACH=full]1291196[/ATTACH] [B]India, Kushan Empire, Kanishka I[/B], circa AD 127-151, Æ Drachm (16mm, 3.8g, 12h), Kashmir mint [B]Obv:[/B] Kanishka standing left, holding goad and standard, sacrificing over altar; sam in Kharosthi to right [B]Rev: [/B]Mao standing left, lunar horns at shoulders, extending hand in benediction and holding hilt of sword; tamgha to left [B]Obv:[/B] MK 802; ANS Kushan 642-5; Donum Burns 195-8; Zeno – [B]Note:[/B] [LIST] [*][B]MK[/B] == Göbl, Robert. [I]Münzprägung des Kusanreiches.[/I] Österreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften. (Wien, 1984). [*][B]ANS Kushan[/B] == Jongeward, D. & J. Cribb. [I]Kushan, Kushano-Sasanian, and Kidarite Coins: A Catalogue of Coins from the American Numismatic Society[/I]. (New York, 2015). [/LIST] [B]Next: [/B]Another Diadochi[/QUOTE]
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