History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v1.c14.63

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A hoard of coins recently discovered in Mayurbhanj State contains 282 copper coins among which 170 were Puri Kushans and 112 Imperial Great Kushans of Kāṇishka and Huvishka. There were seven coins with the figure of the king standing by the side of an altar on the obverse and the standing figure of the Sun-god on the reverse. The legend on both sides is in Greek.² Thirty-three coins of the same king of the same type but with the Fire-god on the reverse and the legend in Greek script but in the old Persian language come next.³ Three coins of the same king and of the same type but with the goddess NANA¹ on the reverse come third. Fourteen coins of the same king and the same type bear the figure of the Wind-god, OADO, on the reverse.² The coins of Kaniṣkha come to an end with ten coins of the same type bearing the figure of the four armed Śiva on the reverse.³ The series of coins of Huvishka begin with the type in which the figure of the king is riding on an elephant and the legend is in the Greek script but the old Persian language. Twenty-nine coins bear the figure of the Moon god, MAO, on the reverse.⁴ Two coins of this type bear the figure of Herakles⁵ and one coin that of the Moon-god. Another coin of the same type bears the figure of four-armed Śiva on the reverse.⁶