JAIPUR, (IANS) – The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found ancient remains in the form of metal tools and coins, among other ancient articles, from the Shunga period, Kushan period ...

Coins of Menander and Appolodotus have been found in good number ... The Kushana conquest of Kashmir took place around 50 AD. Apparently, the Kushan aristocracy attempted to adopt the royal ideology ...

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Egyptians were the first to use gold as a currency and medium of exchange. The first gold coin was minted by the Kushan King Kanishka in India. Various other nations like Rome and Britain also used ...

Then Mauryas introduced the Punch Marked Coins minting of silver, gold, copper or lead and Indo-Greek Kushan kings brought in the Greek custom of engraving portraits on the coins. The Turkish Sultans ...

Therefore when the United States set up its Mint, in the Coinage Act of 1792, quoted above, it had to accept that its coin and currency had to compete, on price, with that unit. Sure enough ...

The most powerful Kushan King was Kanishka, and coins from early in his reign designated him as “Kanishka, King of Kings” in Greek. They contained images of ancient Greek deities. Indo-Greek rule is ...

Mac Dowall’s research into ancient coins of the Indian subcontinent, notably of the Indo-Greek Kingdom (c 200 BC-c 10 AD) , the Kushan Empire (c 30- c 375 AD), and the Shahis ...

The 47-year-old warehouse worker was arrested and charged by New South Wales police on suspicion of stealing 63,000 limited edition "Bluey" coins, the agency announced Wednesday. The haul was ...

Estimated at $4,000 to $6,000. Sold for $19,200. Huvishka, ca. 155-187 AD, AV dinar Lot 665 Stephen Album Rare Coins LOT 665: INDIA: KUSHAN EMPIRE: Huvishka, ca. 155-187 AD, AV dinar (7.98g), G-332 ...

These coins were issued by mercantile guilds and bore the images of natural objects like the sun and moon. In the Kushan period, purest gold coins were issued. Concurrently, the images of Buddha as ...