金幣的一面是迦膩色迦王立像，穿著厚重的貴霜外套和長靴，肩上冒出火焰，左手拿著一根長棍，(右手提著燈籠或香籠？)在祭壇上進行祭祀。金幣上有希臘字母拼寫(加上貴霜 Ϸ"sh"字母)的貴霜語銘文：ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΚΑΝΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ（Shaonanoshao Kanishki Koshano）：「King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan 萬王之王，貴霜迦膩色迦王」。
金幣的另一面是希臘風格的佛陀立像，右手做出「無畏手印」（abhaya mudra）的姿勢，左手握住袈裟的褶。金幣有希臘字母的銘文：ΒΟΔΔΟ “Boddo”，意為佛陀。 右邊是迦膩色迦 (Kanishka) 字母組合圖像 (tamgha)。
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金幣圖像與說明來自大英博物館。
Gold coin of Kanishka I with a representation of the Buddha (c.120 AD).
Kanishka standing.., clad in heavy Kushan coat and long boots, flames emanating from shoulders, holding standard in his left hand, and making a sacrifice over an altar. Kushan-language legend in Greek script (with the addition of the Kushan Ϸ "sh" letter): ϷΑΟΝΑΝΟϷΑΟ ΚΑΝΗϷΚΙ ΚΟϷΑΝΟ ("Shaonanoshao Kanishki Koshano"): "King of Kings, Kanishka the Kushan".
Standing Buddha in Hellenistic style, forming the gesture of "no fear" (abhaya mudra) with his right hand, and holding a pleat of his robe in his left hand. Legend in Greek script: ΒΟΔΔΟ "Boddo", for the Buddha. Kanishka monogram (tamgha) to the right. British museum.
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