Ardashir I Kushanshah

Kushano-Sasanian ruler Ardashir I Kushanshah, circa 230-250 CE. Æ Chalkous (18 mm, 3.45 g, 9h). Crowned bust right / Anahit seated facing under domed canopy, holding wreath and scepter. Merv mint.[1]
Ardashir I Kushanshah in the name of Kushan ruler Vasudeva I, circa 230-245 CE.[2]

Ardashir I Kushanshah (233-246), was the first of the Kushano-Sasanids Kushanshas ruler, in effect a governor of the Sassanid Empire for the eastern regions of Sogdiana, Bactria and Gandhara which had been captured following the fall of the Kushans in 225 CE.[3]

He minted his own coinage and took the title of Kushansha, ie "Kings of the Kushans".[3]

References

  1. ↑ CNG Coins
  2. ↑ CNG Coins
  3. 1 2 The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 sq
Preceded by
Kushan Empire		 Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
233-246		 Succeeded by
Ardashir II Kushanshah
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