Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1168. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Guptas. Chandragupta II. Circa 380-414 AD. AV Dinar (7.85 g, 12h). Chhatra type. Chandragupta, nimbate, standing left, dropping offerings (purodasas) onto altar and holding sword; dwarf at his side holding parasol (chhatra) / The goddess Lakshmi standing facing on lotus, nimbate, holding diadem and lotus; tamgha to left. BMC Guptas 103; Altekar pl. VIII, 8; Bayana 1099. VF, die shift on obverse. ($1000)