CNG 85, Lot: 570. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. Magadha. Puragupta Prakasaditya. Circa AD 480-485. AV Dinar (20mm, 9.27 g, 12h). Horseman-Lion-Slayer type. Puragupta riding horse prancing right, holding sword and slaying lion leaping left; to right, Garuda standard; “ru” in Brahmi below horse / Lakshmi seated facing on lotus, holding diadem and lotus; tamgha to left. BKB 219-22; BMC Guptas 552-7; Alketar p. 285, 1-2; Bayana 10 (example not from hoard). EF, struck with slightly rusty dies. Very rare.