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Auction: 24122 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 35: Indian and Islamic Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 728

Tibetan Government, Anonymous, Gaden Tangkas, Class A (2), c.1840s, 5.45g, 5.03g, Dod-pal mint, undated, lotus flower, the first with single straight stalk, the second with three curved stalks, rev. spoked wheel with hollow buds (Rhodes Ai, Aii; KM Y. A13.1, A13.2), the first ex mount, good fine, the second possibly once lightly mounted, very fine, both scarce early issues (2)

Provenance
Emporio Hamburg, Auction 70, 14/15 November 2013, lot 1005


These Gaden Tangkas have been classified using Nicholas Rhodes' own system, originally published as The Gaden Tangkas of Tibet, Oriental Numismatic Society, Occasional Paper 17, January 1983. Now also on line at http://gorila.netlab.cz/coins/Tibet/ONS_TangkaTibet.pdf

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Starting price
£50