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Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 302

Tibet, Anonymous (c.1928-30), 10-Tam Srang pattern, 12.26g, standing snow lion facing left within a circular border, an emblem referred to in Tibet as nor bu dga' kyil ("whorling jewel of joy") above the lion, surrounded by four small jewels and streamers, below the lion the same device in a simpler version, the eight Buddhist auspicious emblems between this and outer beaded circle, rev. the legend tam 10 in the centre of an ornamental cartouche with four small crosses, the standard legend which refers to the Tibetan Government: dga' ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal around, the legend's syllables not seperated by the usual beads (Tibetan tsheg = "syllable marker") but by small crosses, this surrounded by a circle composed of cloud-shaped elements connected by arches, between each pair of which there is a bead, all within a beaded circular border (YZM 499; KM Pn.11), in PCGS holder, graded SP45, extremely rare

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