CNG 100, Lot: 153. Estimate $750. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. Circa AD 380-413. AV Dinar (21mm, 7.85 g, 12h). Horseman type (Class I, Variety c). Chandragupta riding caparisoned horse right / Lakshmi seated left on wicker stool, holding pāśa (noose) and cornucopia. BKB 150-2; BMC Guptas 130-1; Altekar pl. X, 14-15; Bayana 1071 var. (tamgha on rev.; same obv. die). Good VF, areas of weak strike. Overstruck on a Chandragupta II Horseman type (Class I, Variety c) dinar with tamgha to upper left on reverse (cf. Bayana 1027).

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, November 1981.