Peroz III Kushanshah

Coin of Peroz III Kushanshah (Circa 350-360 CE). Gandhara mint. Obverse: Bust facing slightly right, wearing crown with ram’s horns surmounted by korymbos and ribbons; ribbons rising from shoulders/ Reverse: Fire altar with ribbons, flanked by two attendants; bust in flames. [1]
Peroz III Kushanshah. Obverse:' Crowned bust right; Brahmi “Pi” to right/ Reverse: Fire altar with attendants and ribbons; Brahmi “Nam” in exergue.[2]

Peroz III Kushanshah (circa 350-360 CE), was proabably the last of the Kushano-Sasanids Kushanshas rulers, ruling in the area of Gandhara.[3][4] His predecessors had been in effect governors 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.[5]

He minted his own coinage and used the title of Kushansha, ie "Kings of the Kushans".[5]

The rule of the Kushano-Sasanians ended around 360-370 CE,[6] when they lost their territories to the invading Kidarites Huns.[7]

References

  1. ↑ CNG Coins
  2. ↑ CNG Coins
  3. ↑ Silk Road Art and Archaeology: Journal of the Institute of Silk Road Studies, Kamakura. The Institute. 2001. p. 179.
  4. ↑ CNG Coins
  5. 1 2 The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 sq
  6. ↑ The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 3, E. Yarshater p.209 ff
  7. ↑ The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Attila, Michael Maas, Cambridge University Press, 2014 p.284 ff
Preceded by
Varahran II Kushanshah		 Kushanshah of the Kushano-Sasanian Kingdom
350-360		 Succeeded by
Kidarites
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