The god Maaseno (Skanda Karttikaya), is a war-god son of Siva. Typically, the gods on the reverses of Kushan coins are displayed in a three-quarters perspective. As with the Buddha coinage, however, the god here is displayed in a frontal perspective and may depict a representation of a famous sculpture of the god known in antiquity.
INDIA, Kushans. Huvishka I. Circa 152-192 AD. AV Dinar (7.93 gm, 12h). ΦΑΟΝΑΝΟΦΑΟ Ο−ΟΗΦΚΙ ΚΟΦΑΝΟ, crowned and diademed bust left on clouds, holding mace sceptre in his right hand, sword hilt in left / MAACHNO, Maaseno, nimbate and diademed, standing facing, holding in his right hand a long sceptre with bird crest and bands, and resting his left hand on the hilt of his sword; tamgha to left. MK 298 (same dies as specimen 7); Bopearachchi, et al., eds.,
De l'Indus à l'Oxus Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale, pg. 185, 170 (this coin); Donum Burns 271; MACW -.
Extremely rare, only seven examples cited by Göbl.
