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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2977905, member: 81887&quot;]I think your coin is from late in the Kidarite kingdom of Central Asia (roughly Afghanistan/Uzbekistan-ish area) around 5th-6th century AD.</p><p>For general historical information on the Kidarites, you can read the Wikipedia article:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidarites" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidarites" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidarites</a></p><p>I found similar coins to yours in a book (Michael Mitchiner, &quot;Oriental Coins and Their Values, volume 1: The Ancient and Classical World 600 BC- AD 650&quot;, types from around #3743-3769).&nbsp;&nbsp; Online the closest I was able to find were on this dealer&#039;s page (scroll down to the bottom for coins like yours):</p><p><a href="http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/indi-kidara.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/indi-kidara.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/indi-kidara.html</a></p><p>I think your first picture is upside-down; it shows the king standing.&nbsp; Your second picture shows the reverse type of Siva standing with a bull (the bull&#039;s head is very clear on your coin).&nbsp; A very cool coin, thanks for sharing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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