CNG 112, Lot: 406. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. 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, right on horseback / The goddess Lakshmi seated left on basket, presenting grapes to peacock standing before and holding lotus. Kumar Class I Variety C.1; BKB 151 (same dies); BMC Guptas 207-9 and p. 71, –; Altekar Class I, Variety C; Bayana 1396-1432. Toned, double strike on obverse. Near EF.