This article deals with the development of Kushan royal imagery as known from coins in the period between the 1st and the 3rd centuries AD , i.e. from the so-called Heraios series to the coins of Vasudeva. The aim is to challenge the traditional interpretative models which ascribed a crucial role to a Roman contribution, and to highlight instead first the role of the local numismatic tradition, which stretched back to the Graeco-Bactrians, and then the influx of patterns of royal imagery of western Iranian—namely Arsacid Parthian—origin, around the time when Vima Kadphises inaugurated a new imperial coinage.

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苦山金币的皇家意象：地方传统和亚述的影响

本文讨论了从公元1世纪到3世纪之间的硬币，即从所谓的Heraios系列到Vasudeva硬币，人们所知道的Kushan皇家图像的发展。目的是挑战传统的解释模型，这种模型对罗马的贡献起着至关重要的作用，而首先要强调的是当地钱币传统的作用，这种传统可以追溯到古希腊-双峰时代，然后是皇家意象模式的涌入。 Vima Kadphises为新的帝国造币厂揭幕之际，伊朗西部的一个地区（即Arsacid Parthian）起源。