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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3745079, member: 85693"]That is an impressive collection, Finn 235. I had no idea how many "imitatives" there were - but then I know virtually nothing about Kushan coinage. Still learning, as they say... </p><p><br /></p><p>As for that remarkable "exhibitionistic" example of Vima K you shared, I found an online article on his copper coins that is quite informative (by Gul Rahim Khan and M. Nasim Khan). I haven't read the whole thing, but in it the reverse (not the obverse!) is described thusly:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The reverse of copper coins of Vima Kadphises bears a single design i.e.</p><p>Śiva (or Oesho) standing with his mount, bull. The figure of Śiva is shown standing frontally and bull standing behind the deity is facing to right. The deity holds a trident in his raised right hand and animal’s pelt or drapery in the left leaning against bull’s hump. Śiva wears beaded string over his left shoulder and transparent mantle where erect phallus is visible and the folds of mantle are clearly seen over his lower body particularly the legs. Moreover, the figure bears three-pronged flames at top of the head and sometimes he is shown with prominent breasts..."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My example seems to lack some of these reverse details, and Siva K on the obverse has kept his caftan & trousers buttoned - so I didn't have to blur anything out in order to keep this post family-friendly![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3745079, member: 85693"]That is an impressive collection, Finn 235. I had no idea how many "imitatives" there were - but then I know virtually nothing about Kushan coinage. Still learning, as they say... As for that remarkable "exhibitionistic" example of Vima K you shared, I found an online article on his copper coins that is quite informative (by Gul Rahim Khan and M. Nasim Khan). I haven't read the whole thing, but in it the reverse (not the obverse!) is described thusly: "The reverse of copper coins of Vima Kadphises bears a single design i.e. Śiva (or Oesho) standing with his mount, bull. The figure of Śiva is shown standing frontally and bull standing behind the deity is facing to right. The deity holds a trident in his raised right hand and animal’s pelt or drapery in the left leaning against bull’s hump. Śiva wears beaded string over his left shoulder and transparent mantle where erect phallus is visible and the folds of mantle are clearly seen over his lower body particularly the legs. Moreover, the figure bears three-pronged flames at top of the head and sometimes he is shown with prominent breasts..." [URL]https://www.academia.edu/38857290/Copper_Coins_of_Vima_Kadphises_in_the_National_Museum_of_Pakistan_Karachi[/URL] My example seems to lack some of these reverse details, and Siva K on the obverse has kept his caftan & trousers buttoned - so I didn't have to blur anything out in order to keep this post family-friendly![/QUOTE]
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