Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1196. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Ancient] INDIA, Guptas. Kumaragupta I. Circa 414-455 AD. AV Dinar (8.11 g, 1h). Tiger-slayer type. Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing facing left, drawing his bow upon a tiger, which falls over backwards; k“ "ku" below arm / The goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, standing right on over turned crocodile, holding lotus and feeding a peacock; tamgha in left field. BMC Guptas 244; Altekar pl. XII 11; Bayana 1719. Good VF, reverse strike a bit muddled. Rare type of exceptionally fine style. ($5000)