Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 3
Tibet, Anonymous (1763/4 or 1785), Shri Mangalam Tangka, 5.36g, quatrefoil within a square frame, with small central circle in centre and bead within each petal and between the petals, this within a design of four lozenge-shaped hexagons each containing two floral motifs made up of eight beads and one of the syllables of the legend shri mam ga lam, plain circle with beads around, rev. eight-petalled flower with a bead in central circle and beads between each petal, these within a circular border to which eight petals are attached, each containing one of the syllables of the reverse legend dga' ldan phyo(gs) las rnam par rgyal ba, short arrows between the upper part of the petals with a plain circle of beads around (YZM. 259 this coin; KM. C#10.1?), in PCGS holder, graded XF40, extremely rare
Sold for
HK$95,000
