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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Antiquity, post: 909394, member: 24855&quot;]Was doing some internet searching and found something I think resembles the bigger one on some coin website, tell me what you think.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.coinindia.com/Kanishka-3098-S391.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This was the description next to the coin:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #000033"><b>AE tetradrachm or unit, c. 128-150 CE</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000033"><b></b></span><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 17.13 gm., Diam: 26-27 mm., Die axis: 1 o&#039;clock</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Crowned, diademed king standing facing, holding spear and sacrificing at altar at left,</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp; Bactrian legend around: þAO KA ... NηþKI <i>(King Kanishka)</i> / </span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Four-armed Oesho (Shiva?) standing facing, head turned to left, nimbate, holding various attributes, </span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp; Bactrian legend right: OKþO, tamgha at left</span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Göbl 781, MAC 3098</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">I personally dont understand most of that, but the closer i looked i realized the larger of the two does have 4 arms and is holding a spear similiar to this one.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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