97, Lot: 96. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUPTA KINGS of INDIA. Skandagupta. Circa 455-480 AD. AV Dinar (8.16 gm). Heavy Series. Archer Type. Skandagupta, nimbate, standing left, holding arrow and bow; Garuda standard behind / The goddess Laksmi, nimbate, seated facing, holding diadem and lotus. BMC Guptas 424; Altekar, Corpus pl. XIV, 9; Altekar, Bayana Hoard 2; MACW 4865. VF, some encrustation. 

From the Dr. Garth R. Drewry Collection.