Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 707. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GUPTA KINGS of INDIA. Samudragupta. 335-380 AD. AV Stater (7.66 gm). Asvamedha type. Horse standing left, sacrificial altar with banners to left; "si" between legs / The queen standing left, holding chouri over shoulder and cloth by side, filleted suchi to left. BMC Guptas -; Altekar, Corpus IV pl. III, 6; Altekar, Bayana Hoard 154; MACW 4786. VF, ex-jewelry. Rare. ($1500)

A depiction of the "Asvamedha," or horse sacrifice, marking a successful military campaign.