Kushan empire
Gadahara (c. late 4th century AD)
AE coin (17 mm, 1.29 g)
Obverse: Bust of king right, wearing complex crown with turret
Reverse: Goddess Ardoksho (Lakshmi) seated facing on recumbent lion left, holding diadem and cornucopia; traces of Brahmi legend
Gadahara around
Ref:
JONS 200 (2008)
A very rare coin type first published in 2008.
This has an early depiction of Lakshmi seated on a lion. An important iconographic development, this led to the Goddess Durga of medieval Hinduism.
RR and important.