Picked up a coin from V-Stores AV 4 1/2 Masha ND Kasi Mint 3.97g. 20mm. Gahadavalas of Kanauj-Kasi Govinda Chandra 1114-54 obverse: Four Armed Goddess Lakshmi Seated on Lotus/ holding Lotus reverse: Devanagari Legend "Srimad Go vinda Chandra" Deyell 145 MNI 490 It fell to Ghazni Muslim invaders in 1195, eventually became part of the vast Dehli Sultanate.
I have a Lakshmi that is made from an element that is ONE atomic number different from your Gold one. John, Lol, my goddess is a Babe, yours is a Biatch! Sri Lanka, excavated in Anuradhapura Anonymous, 1st C. BCE PB 1/8 Lakshmi 1.1g, 14.1mm x 7.8mm RARE OBV: Hindu Goddess Lakshmi facing. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity. She was a beauty and the wife of Vishnu REV: (blank) Comment: "Lakshmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, lakṣmī,ˈləkʂmiː) is the Hindu goddess of wealth, fortune and prosperity. She is the wife and shakti(energy) of Vishnu, a major god in Hinduism.[2] Lakshmi is also an important deity in Jainism and found in Jain temples.[3] Lakshmi was also a goddess of abundance and fortune for Buddhists, and was represented on the oldest surviving stupas and cave temples of Buddhism.[4][5] In Buddhist sects of Tibet, Nepal and southeast Asia, goddess Vasudharamirrors the characteristics and attributes of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi with minor iconographic differences." -Wikipedia.org
WOW! They used lead for coinage. Hope the Chinese do not read this thread. They might start making their gold coins outa lead with a gold plating. A Chinese "fouree"
Wither numismatics? Here is an explanation of this design I wrote near 40 years ago: https://www.academia.edu/21451026/Lakshmi_Staters_and_Ambiguous_Images I guess I was a bit too subtle? If 6 people cannot find the legs (!?) I am sure fighting a loosing battle. Look again Rob T