Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1172. Estimate $6000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Ancient] INDIA, Guptas. Chandragupta II. Circa 380-414 AD. AV Dinar (7.95 g, 12h). Lion-slayer type. Chandragupta standing right, trampling a lion which sprawls over backward as he draws his bow upon it / The goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated astride a walking lion left, holding diadem and lotus; no tamgha to left. BMC Guptas -; Altekar pl. VII, 1; Bayana 1187. Good VF, bold strike on large flan. ($6000)