INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab). Taxila (local coinage). AE (Bronze, 16x16 mm, 6.91 g), Taxila city state (Pushkalavati), circa 220-165 BC. Shiva lingam between two pillars; all resting on sacred platform; below, river. Rev. LAPATARAYA (in Brahmi) in two lines. Pieper 1101. Senior ISCH II, 233. Very rare. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine.

The aniconic Lingam of Shiva shown on this coin symbolizes the god's power of creation and destruction