India, Gupta Dynasty, Chandragupta II (c. 380-414), gold dinar, lion-trampler type, king standing right, raising sword and trampling on lion which turns to snap back at him, rev., Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on crouching lion, 7.98g, die axis 12.00 (BMC pl. IX, 13 – in Lucknow Museum)), good very fine and extremely rare. The Sanskrit inscription on the obverse can be read as “The moon among kings who is famous for his warfare, who is invincible, and who is valorous like a lion, is victorious on the battlefield” and on the reverse “having the valour of the lion”. The type is extremely rare and was missing from the famous Bayana hoard of 1946.

Estimate: GBP 3000 - 5000