Lakshmi Without Nimbus

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 807. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $960. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. Circa AD 380-413. AV Dinar (7.86 g, 12h). Horseman type. Chandragupta, not nimbate and wearing only waistcloth, riding prancing horse right / Lakshmi, not nimbate, seated left on wicker stool, holding diadem and lotus; tamgha to left. BKB 92 var. (Lakshmi nimbate); BMC Guptas 125 (same); cf. Alketar Class I, Variety A; Bayana 1058-9 var. (same). VF, small test marks on edge. Very rare variety.