Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 395. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. Malwa. Budhagupta. Circa AD 476-495. AV Dinar (9.31 g, 12h). Archer type. Budhagupta, nimbate, standing facing, head left, holding bow in right hand, arrow in left; garuḍadhvaja to left / Lakshmi seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in her right hand, lotus in her left; tamgha to left. BMC Guptas variety β, 550-1 (Puragupta); Alketar class II, 4; BKB class II, 216-7. Near EF, underlying luster, edge marks. Very rare.