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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2276136, member: 19463&quot;]This one reminds me of so many copies of Kushan originals which I assume are separated by style.&nbsp; I never suspected that they went as far as Northern China.&nbsp; I have one that I have been calling Kidarite:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]454182[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...and the other just called a Huvishka copy with no idea of origin.&nbsp; Guidance appreciated.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]454183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I see the Western hesitance to study these coins is a factor of them being too complex a history with too little to link the coins to specifics of that history.&nbsp; We also see greatly conflicting dates (did the Rouran fall in 300 or 500&#039;s).&nbsp; We see suggestions they may be linked to barbarians that &#039;troubled&#039; the West but fail to see consensus among sources.&nbsp; Probably worst is the fact that few of us read the languages in which most of the studies are written.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>When a Westerner wants to express something is beyond his understanding he says, &quot;Its Greek to me.&quot;&nbsp; As a very general collector who would like to expand his horizons and who reads enough Greek to be relatively comfortable with coins, the language of Asian coins is light years beyond anything faced in Europe.&nbsp; Saying &quot;its Greek to me&quot; becomes a joke.&nbsp; Were it only that simple![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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