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Triton XVI, Lot: 680. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya. Circa AD 413-455. AV Dinar (18mm, 7.75 g, 12h). Archer type, Class II, Variety A. Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing left, holding arrow in right hand, left hand holding bow with bowstring outwards; behind to left, Garuda standard; “chandra” in Brahmi to outer right / Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in her right hand, left hand outstretched, holding lotus; tamgha to left; [“śri mahendra” in Brahmi to right]. BKB 133–6; BMC Guptas 199–200; Altekar Class II, Variety A; Bayana 1207, 1222, 1225, and 1227-8. VF. Rare variety with reverted bow.