Ancient West Marathwada / East Vidrabha, Monarchical coinage of pre-Satvahanas period, c.200-150BC, Usabhamita (Vrishabhamitra) a local ruler, “Gajalakshmi” type, Copper, 1.74g, Obv: Lakshmi standing facing on a Lotus, lustrated by Elephants on either side also standing on lotuses (the execution of lotuses is highly stylized), Brahmi legend “…bhamitasa” engraved upside-down below the motif, Rev: Ujjain symbol with small Taurine’s in quadrants enclosed in a dotted border (Unpublished in major sources). Very fine, extremely rare. Usabhamita (Sanskrit – Vrishabhamitra) is one of the recently discovered ‘-Mitra’ rulers of pre-Satavahana Central Maharashtra, the others being Balamita and Kanhamita. Whether this group of rulers was associated in any way with ‘Mitra’ rulers of Vidrabha further to the East remains to be ascertained, but the presence of these political entities on the pre-Satvahanas horizon is crucial for understanding the processes of state formation and urbanization in the early centuries BC.