Triton XVI, Lot: 682. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. Magadha. Kumaragupta II Kramaditya. Circa AD 530-540. AV Dinar (20mm, 9.43 g, 12h). Archer type, Class II. Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing left, holding arrow in right hand, left hand holding bow at top; behind to left, Garuda standard; “go” in Brahmi between legs, crescent above “ku” in Brahmi to inner right / Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in her right hand, left hand outstretched, holding lotus; tamgha to left; “śri kramaditya” in Brahmi to right. BKB 228–32; BMC Guptas 572–80; Altekar Class II, Variety A; cf. Bayana 6. Good VF, slight shift strike on reverse, traces of hard green deposits. Rare.