Ayodhya city state
Sivadatta, c. 1st century BC
AE coin (16 mm, 2.74 g)
Obverse: Bull standing left, with Brahmi legend (Si)vadatasa above
Reverse: Female deity (Goddess Lakshmi?) standing facing in centre, flanked by tree-in-railing and Ujjain symbol
Ref: Unpublished
This standing form of Lakshmi is not recorded. Allan listed only a seated Lakshmi being lustrated by two elephants (Abhisheka-Lakshmi) (Pl. XLIII, 4-5).
An important early depiction of Lakshmi.
Very Rare.