Monumentum
Coin of the Kushan Emperor Kanishka I
This gold coin depicts Kanishka I on one side and Mithras standing on the other side.
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The New Mithraeum
6 Nov 2022
Updated on Jan 2026
TNMM 554 ↔ CIMRM 1
Gold coin.
Obv.: Standing Kanerkes.
Rev.: MlOPO. Mithras with nimbus and radiate crown to the left. Dressed in tunic and mantle. He holds his r.h. stretched out, the left arm akimbo. In front of him a character. Border of dots.
Main inscription
MIOPO.
Mithras.
References
Gardner Coins Bactria 131 No. 19 and PI. XXVI 10; MMM II 185f No. la and fig. 1; Leipoldt fig. 1. See fig. la by kind permission of Mr. R. A. G. Carson.
- Vermaseren, Maarten Jozef (1956) Corpus Inscriptionum et Monumentorum Religionis Mithriacae
- Robert Bracey (2017) Mithra: the surprising inadequacy of labels.
