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Triton XVI, Lot: 679. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Chandragupta II Vikramaditya. Circa AD 380-413. AV Dinar (19mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Archer type, Class II, Variety E. Chandragupta, nimbate and wearing whip, standing left, holding arrow in right hand, left hand holding bow at top; behind to left, Garuda standard; “chandra” in Brahmi to inner right / Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in her right hand, left hand outstretched, holding lotus; tamgha to left; “śri vikrama” in Brahmi to right. BKB 81–4; cf. BMC Guptas 71–4 and 83–5; Altekar Class II, Variety E; cf. Bayana 6. Good VF, small deposits on reverse.