INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Mathura). Rajas of Mathura. Kamadatta, 1st century BC. AE (Bronze, 20 mm, 7.40 g). RAJNAH KAMADATA[SA] (in Brahmi) Lakshmi standing facing. Rev. Traces of elephants standing facing. BMC plate XXIV, 18. Extremely rare. Some areas of weakness and with minor corrosion, otherwise, very fine.


Kamadatta is a great rarity in the Mathura series, with Pieper and Mitchiner not knowing of any surviving examples, while the British Museum possesses a single specimen.