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Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 301

Tibet, Anonymous, Shokang pattern struck in brass, 4.98g, 15-57 (1923), standing lion of European style, facing left and looking backwards with sun above, the legend dga' ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal ("the Ganden Palace, victorious in all directions") around, rev. central legend zho gang ("one Sho"), surrounded by string of pearls, the legend: rab byung 15 lo 57 (cycle 15 year 57") around this, the syllables being seperated by an ornament which the European die engraver copied from the regular 1-Sho copper issues of the Tibetan Government (YZM 769; KM Pn 6), in PCGS holder, graded SP63, rare

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