Watch List notes:

INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Ayodhya). Sivadatta, circa 1st century BC. AE (Bronze, 15 mm, 1.59 g, 12 h). [SI]VADATASA Humped bull to left. Rev. Female deity (Lakshmi?) standing facing, flanked by tree in railing and the four-orbed Ujjain symbol. Apparently unpublished. Patina stripped, otherwise, about very fine.


From a collection of coins from Central Asia.

Allan records solely a seated Lakshmi being lustrated by two elephants (Abhisheka-Lakshmi) (BMC, Pl. XLIII, 4-5).