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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 7596509, member: 85693&quot;]Interesting coins.&nbsp; I don&#039;t really seek out the non-Graeco-Roman stuff, but sometimes they come my way.&nbsp; There is a lot of interesting material out there and I&#039;d like to learn more.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just this week, if you don&#039;t mind ugly, here is what a $2 Kushan tet looks like from eBay (from a lot).&nbsp; It took me a long, long time to come up with its iffy attribution: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1308322[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Kushan</b> <b>Kingdom&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Tet.</b></p><p><b>Vasudeva (?)</b></p><p><b>(c. 200-225 A.D.)</b></p><p>[þA]O...], king standing facing, holding trident, sacrificing [at altar at left] / Two-armed Oesho (Shiva) standing facing, holding trident, diadem, Bull Nandi left,</p><p>[OηþO, tamgha at right]</p><p>Göbl 1000; MAC 3407-08</p><p>(16.20 grams / 25 mm)</p><p>eBay May 2021&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Lot @&nbsp; $2.00 </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Attribution Notes:&nbsp; </b></p><p>Vasudeva attribution based on guessing at what is left of the legends and figures. </p><p>Vashiska issued similar types, but seem cruder (!) than this one.</p><p>Göbl 1010; MAC 3533.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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