Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 386. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Samudragupta. Circa AD 335-380. AV Dinar (7.50 g, 12h). Standard type. Samudragupta, nimbate, standing left, holding rājadaṇḍa adorned with patākā in left hand, right hand offering purḍāśa on altar to left; Samudra below arm, garuḍadhvaja adorned with patākā to left / Lakshmi seated facing on throne, holding diadem in her right hand, cradling cornucopia in her left arm; tamgha to left. BMC Guptas variety a, -; Alketar class I, variety A, 1; Bayana variety A, -. VF. Unpublished with this unusual tamgha.