Kushans, Huvishka, Gold Dinar, 7.63g, with Moon God Mao, main mint in Baktria, Obv: Crowned, diademed and draped bust of Huvishka emerging from clouds or a mountain top with flames on his right shoulder, holding club in his right hand and hilt of sword in his left. Bactrian legend “ShAONANO ShAO OOEShKI (KOShANO)” around, Rev: Moon deity Mao standing front, head turned to left, with a large crescent behind his shoulders, raising his right hand in benediction, Bactrian legend “MAO” to right and tamgha in left field (Göbl# 313). Very fine+, very rare. Mao is the moon god that is often depicted in the Kanishka I and Huvishka’s coinage. ‘Mao’ is Mah, the Lunar deity of importance in Zoroastrianism and related central Asian contexts. In Avestan literature Mah was seen as the repository of the good deeds of men. On the coinage of the Kushan Empire the moon god, known as Mao, is depicted in martial dress and is equated with the Greek god Selene.