Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1170. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Ancient] INDIA, Guptas. Chandragupta II. Circa 380-414 AD. AV Dinar (7.76 g, 12h). Lion-slayer type. Chandragupta standing right, looking back, astride a lion which sprawls over backward as he draws his bow upon it / The goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated astride a rÉcumbent lion left, holding a lotus to her nose, lion's head raised in a roar. BMC Guptas p. 39; Altekar pl. VI, 8; Bayana 1168 (same dies). VF, broad flan. Rare variety, with only one example in the Bayana hoard. ($5000)