Stephen Album Rare Coins
Auction 36 23-25 Jan 2020
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INDO-GREEK: Agathocles, ca. 190-180 BC, AE large unit (11.60g), Bop-10, female deity (presumably Lakshmi) dancing and holding lotus // lion standing right, legends above and below, struck on unusual planchet, nearly VF, S.
This has been noted by some numismatists as the earliest depiction of goddess Lakshmi on copper coins.
Estimate: 100-140 USD