CNG 106, Lot: 590. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya. Circa AD 413-455. AV Dinar (20mm, 8.17 g, 12h). Horseman type. Kumaragupta, nimbate, riding prancing horse to right / Lakshmi, nimbate, seated left on wicker stool, holding a lotus and feeding a grape to a peacock. Kumar Class III, Variety C, second example (this coin); BMC Guptas 211; Altekar pl. XI, 9; Bayana 1613. Good VF, die break across king's face.

From the François Righetti Collection. Ex Triton IX (109 January 2006), lot 1189.