Portrait of Kidarite king Kidara I, circa 350-386 CE.[1] He wears his characteristic crown with ribbon flying upward. The use of the 3/4 portrait is sometimes attributed to the influence of the coinage of Byzantine ruler Arcadius (377–408 CE).[2]
Kidarites
Reign
c. 350–390 CE
Predecessor
Peroz
Successor
Uncertain
"Kushan" coins of Kidara
Kidara gold coin, circa 350–385 CE, derived from the Kushans. Vertical Brahmi legends from right to left: Kushana (Ku-shā-ṇa) Kidara (Ki-da-ra) Kushana (Ku-shā-ṇa) Goddess Ardoxsho on the back.
The word "Kushana" in Brahmi script (Ku-shā-ṇa) as it appeared on the bottom left corner of Kidarite coins circa 350 CE.[3]
Kidara I (Late Brahmi script: Ki-da-ra) fl. 350-390 CE) was the first major ruler of the Kidarite Kingdom, which replaced the Indo-Sasanians in northwestern India, in the areas of Kushanshahr, Gandhara, Kashmir and Punjab.[4]
^CNG Coins
^Lerner, Judith A. (210). Observations on the Typology and Style of Seals and Sealings from Bactria and the Indo-Iranian Borderlands, in Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millennium CE in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Vienna: ÖAW. p. 246, note 7.
^Tandon, Pankaj (2009). "An Important New Copper Coin of Gadahara". Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society (200): 19.
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