Kushan King Vima Takto bronze drachm 78 – 90 A.D.

Obverse: Vima Takto face to left covered with diadem. Reverse: Emperor riding on horse back and increased a ribbon on diadem and Great Kushans imperial tamgha look at right side. Inscription written in round Greek language. Diameter: 20 mm. Metal: bronze. Year: 78 – 90. Title name: King of King. Mint: Afghanistan. Ruler: Vima Takto. Ruled period: 78 – 95 A.D.

In the second half of the first century A.D. Parthian rule over North West India succumbed to the Kushans. Theses were one of five septs of the Yuch-Chi, the Central Asian horde which nearly two hundred years previously had expelled the Sakas from Bactria.

The Chief of the Kushans, Kujula Kadphises, made himself supreme over the whole Yuch-Chi nation and about the year 50 A.D. Occupied the Kabul valley. His son Vima added Taxila and its rerritories to his dominions.

Vima’s successor, Kanishka, probably ascended the Kushan throne in 78 - 90 A.D. , and within a few years had made himself suzerain of upper sind. In an inscription at Sui Vihar close to Bahawalpur he style himself “The Great King of Kings and son of the Gods, Knishka”