Triton XVIII, Lot: 300. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Varendra). Kaivartas. Circa AD 640-730s. AV Dinar (20mm, 5.84 g, 2h). "Sankh shell standard" series. Archer standing facing, head left, holding bow in right hand, arrow in left; standard topped by large sankh shell to left / Goddess standing right with flowing drape; pseudo-characters on right. Mitchiner,
Land 53; cf. BMC Guptas 621; cf. Altekar pl. XIXB, 2; MACW 4923; Sunrise 556 (this coin). Choice EF.
From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Al-Sayyed Collection (New York Sale XXV, 5 January 2011), lot 359.