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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3249199, member: 74834&quot;]Do you mean the Kidarite drachms, that were inspired by the Sasanians but by themselves attained a high artistic level? Like these:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852176[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Kidarite drachm, about 390. Buddhamitra, ‘King C’. 28 mm, 3.81 gr. Göbl Hunnen 18. Vondrovec Type 18, p. 68-69.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Kidarite drachm, about 400. Unknown king. Under the altar a word: ‘pylwc’ (Pfisterer) or ‘Jadana’ (Vondrovec)?? 29.5 mm, 4.00 gr. Göbl Hunnen 15 (= Vondrovec 15 A). Pfisterer 15. Vondrovec I p. 32. Type 15 (not 15 A).</p><p><br /></p><p>Some matching tiny bronzes of the famous Smast cave dwellings in Kashmir:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852178[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Kidarites, about 425-457. Obv. Frontal portrait with Sasanian crown and hairballs at the sides. Rev. fire altar with attendants and long ribbons. 14 mm. CKS 270; Göbl, Dokumente –.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]852180[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>AE unit, Kidarites (350-385AD). Obv. Bust in ¾ view right, with a mustache. Crown with vegetal elements and a central globe. On each shoulder a hairball, ribbons on both sides. Rev. Brahmi ‘Kuja//na’. 14.5 mm, 0.83 gr. Vondrovec GC-K 20, see Vol. I p. 42, Type 1.1.3.2. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=168830" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=168830" rel="nofollow">Zeno 168830</a> (this coin).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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