Some of this can get confusing unless you know your Cobras really well. The 94/95 Cobras had the same hood that the V6 and GTs got, however it had the Cobra specific front end that carried over until 98. The 96-98 hood had two snorkel type scoops on the hood.
As far as the spoiler, here is another oddity. The 94/95 Cobras had a Cobra specific spoiler with integrated LED third brake light in the spoiler whereas GTs and V6s had a more simplistic light integrated into the trunk lid. This time around it was the 96-98 Cobra that shared the same spoiler available on the GT with no specific spoiler for the Cobra during that particular time frame.
Really, pictures would make it easier to pick out the differences, however with parts being easily interchangable, you could have seen anything ranging from a V6 to Cobra. Only close observation would show if it was a Cobra or not.