Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 733. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $3450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. Circa AD 380-413. AV Dinar (7.60 g, 12h). Parasol (chattra) type. Chandragupta standing left, sprinkling incense on altar and holding hilt; behind, small figure standing left, holding chattra / Lakshmi standing left on low pedestal, holding diadem and lotus; tamgha to left. BMC Guptas [class] II, Var. β, 106; Alketar class II, variety B, 4 (same obv. die); Bayana class II, variety B, 1111-12. Near VF, some deposits. Rare.