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Ahin Posh: Coin of Kaniska - King Kaniska

佛立像迦膩色迦王金幣

巴基斯坦西北邊境省奧拉克賽阿希波遺址出土

巴基斯坦開伯爾巴圖克瓦省奧拉克賽(Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)阿希波遺址(Ahin Posh)出土。貴霜王朝(約1~3世紀)犍陀羅地區作品。
 圓形,正面為迦膩色迦王(約129~160在位)立像。王高鼻深目,蓄鬚,頭戴皇冠,手持長矛及象鞭,立於壇前。周圍有字,意即「至尊的貴霜迦膩色迦王」。迦膩色迦王在佛教史上享有盛名,為第四次經典結集的召集人。
 金幣反面佛高髻,身著通肩袈裟,後有圓形頭光及橢圓形身光。右手施無畏印,左手持袈裟衣角,跣足外展。此像體型雖小,但已呈現出典型的犍陀羅造像風格。佛右側有古希臘文「Boddo」,意即佛;左側為迦膩色迦王的花押字母標記。幣緣飾聯珠紋。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 1.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Ahin Posh: Coin of Kaniska." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 1.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Ahin Posh: Coin of Kaniska" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:1.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Ahin Posh: Coin of Kaniska. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 1).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 1,
title = {{Ahin Posh: Coin of Kaniska}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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