Deities on Kushan coinage
Mahasena on a coin of Huvishka
Four-faced Oesho or Shiva
Oesho or Shiva
Oesho or Shiva with bull
Skanda and Visakha
Gold coin of Kanishka I, with a depiction of the Buddha, with the legend "Boddo" in Greek script;
Ahin Posh
Kushan
Carnelian seal representing the "ΑΔϷΟ" (
adsho Atar), with
triratana symbol left, and Kanishka's dynastic mark right
Buddha
Kushan coins showing half-length bust of Vima Kadphises in various poses, holding mace-scepter or laurel branch in right hand; flames at shoulder, tamgha to right or left. On the other side of coin is a deity with a bull. Some consider the deity as Shiva because he is in ithyphallic state, holds a
trident, and the
Nandi bull is his mount, as in Hindu mythology.
[39][40][44] Others suggest him as
Oesho, Zoroastrian
Vayu.