Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1179. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Ancient] INDIA, Guptas. Chandragupta II. Circa 380-414 AD. Lot of three AV Dinars. Horseman type. (7.82 g, 12h). Chandragupta riding caparisoned horse right / The goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated left on wicker stool, holding diadem and lotus. BMC Guptas 126; Altekar pl. VIII, 2; Bayana 1057 (same reverse die) // Another. (7.82 g, 12h). BMC Guptas 126; Altekar pl. VIII, 2; Bayana 1073 // Lion-slayer type. (7.60 g, 12h). Chandragupta standing right, looking back, astride a lion which sprawls over backward as he draws his bow upon it / The goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated cross-legged upon a rÉcumbent lion right. BMC Guptas 126; Altekar pl. VI, 3; Bayana 1070. Average Fine, the last with repaired test cut. Three (3) coins in lot. ($1500)