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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 547. Estimate $2000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. 
Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUPTA KINGS of INDIA. Kumaragupta I. 414-455 AD. AV Dinar (8.09 gm). Kumaragupta standing left, holding sword and sacrificing over altar, Garuda bird standard behind; symbol in right field / The goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus, holding fillet. BMC Guptas pg. 67, 202; Altekar plate XI, 14-15. Good VF, broken reverse die. Rare variety, with sixteen examples cited by Altekar (ten from the Bayana hoard). ($2000)