Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 708. Estimate $1250.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUPTA KINGS of INDIA. Chandragupta II. 380-414 AD. AV Stater (7.86 gm). Lion slayer type. King standing facing right, drawing bow against lion which falls backward / The goddess Laksmi seated upon a crouching lion left, she holds a fillet and lotus flower; tamgha to left. BMC Guptas pl. IX, 6; Altekar, Corpus IV pl. VI, 2; Altekar, Bayana Hoard 1150; MACW 4812. VF. ($1250)