Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 539. Estimate $1000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008. Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya. Circa AD 413-455. AV Dinar (8.05 g, 12h). Horseman type. Kumaragupta, nimbate, holding bow, riding horse prancing right / Lakshmi, nimbate, seated left on wicker stool, holding lotus and feeding
jāmuna to peacock at left, standing right. BKB class I, variety e, 154; BMC Guptas class II, variety α, 219-25; Alketar class II, variety A, 10; Bayana class II, variety A, 1457. VF, hairline flan crack.