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Kidarites? Ae 11 Facing Bust / Fire Altar (6/19)

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6/19

Another mysterious small bronze; clearly Kushano-Sassanian or more probably Kidarite.

AE 11mm "obol", 0.5g
Facing bust with puffy hair flowing outward
Fire altar
Kidarites?-Ae-11-Facing-Bust-/-Fire-Altar-6/19

Can't find a match online, but this one is pretty close
https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=52206

In addition to clearly being larger and nearly twice as heavy, that example also has three segments of the fire altar bowl, while mine has only two.
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Another mysterious small bronze


I agree!
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I suspect it's from Kashmir Smast. See third coin down here: http://beastcoins.com/Kashmir-Smast...ir-Smast.htm

Nice pickup, Steve.

Edit: I just saw your link...yep, we're thinking alike. Kashmir Smast.
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Thanks for the link, Bob! I had heard Kashmir Smast here and there, but had no idea that it may have been a separate and independent kingdom within the region - very cool!

I spotted a few more of my own coins on that page, so you also just saved me a couple hours of tooling around in Zeno
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