118, Lot: 105. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Guptas. Kumaragupta. 414-455 AD. AV Dinar (20mm, 8.19 gm, 12h). Horseman type. Kumaragupta on horseback right / The goddess Laksmi seated left, feeding grapes to a peacock. BMC Guptas 225; Altekar, Corpus pl. XI, 9; Altekar, Bayana 1617. Good VF.

Laksmi is usually shown holding a bunch of grapes. On this coin the peacock has already eaten all but one!