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Lot No.7
AUC13
Ancient India
Auction Date: 17-08-2013
Copper
Vidarbha, Uninscribed die-struck Copper coin of Pre-Satavahana period, (c. 200-150 BC), 5.27g. Obv: Elephant standing on a lotus anointing or lustrating an arrow-head within a railing with a water-pot held in his trunk. It perhaps had a symmetric counterpart to the right of the railing, which has gone off the visible flan. Rev: Indistinct.
Very Fine, Rare.
Elephants lustrating with water-pots usually accompany the goddess Lakshmi, to give us the famous icon of 'Gaja-lakshmi'. Here the deity is unusually replaced with a symbol - an arrow-head within a railing. Similar symbol has been encountered on a seal found in excavations at Adam, with Brahmi inscription identifying it to be of 'Asika' locality
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 1,800-2,000
Sold For :
Rs. 1,800
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