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Auction: 23127 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 32: Indian and Islamic Coins Featuring the Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 9694

Nepal, Kingdom of Patan, Prithvi Narayan Shah (1763), Mohar (2), Type SE 1685, trident in circle, four petals around, rev. sword with garland, eight petals around, 5.45g; 5.48g (Rhodes, Nepal 563; RGV 503), the first crimped, yet darkly toned, very fine, the second with red deposits in field, very fine, scarce (2)

The Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins

In the hope of placating Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was by this time laying siege to the Valley in his efforts to conquer Kathmandu, Patan appointed him King. The Mohars of Prithvi Narayan struck in his capacity as King of Patan can be distinguished by the inclusion of the name of Lokanatha, patron deity of Patan and by the date, which is written as Saka 1685. It is not certain whether these pieces were struck in Patan, or in the mint in the hills operated by Prithvi Narayan himself.

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