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Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 308

Tibet, Anonymous, AE 5-Ngul Srang pattern, 6.17 g, (rab lo 927), snow lion with mount Kailash (Tibetan gangs rin po che or gangs ti se) sun above, surrounded by the standard legend: dga' ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal, with denomination srang lnga ("five Srang") below, rev. Wheel of Law (Sanskrit: dharma cakra; Tibetan chos 'khor) in centre, surrounded by "flaming jewel", moon and sun, ribbons and lotus flower below, two branches on either side, this surrounded by a string of pearls with legend around: gangs ljongs chos srid gnyis ldan rab lo 927 (cycle year 927 of the both religious and worldly [government] of the Snow Country") (YZM 529; KM Pn 20), very fine and scarce

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