Watch List notes:

INDIA, Gupta Empire. Magadha. Puragupta Prakasaditya. Circa AD 480-485. AV Dinar (19mm, 9.35 g, 1h). Horseman Slaying Lion type. pr˙tk´[rj]V5[◊]zFjyfi[u] (Parahitkari [raja] vijitya [va]sudham divam jaya[ti]), Prakasaditya on horseback right, bow slung across torso, spearing lion that stands left on its hind legs; Garuda standard above, ® (ru) below / [%]πkSD5 ([śri] prakaśaditya) to right, Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in extended right hand and lotus in left; 0 to upper left. BKB 222; BMC Guptas 552 corr. (tamgha); Altekar 2; Bayana 13; Sunrise 555 (this coin). EF, toned.


From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Ponterio 148 (9 January 2009), lot 684.