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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 20

Medieval, Anonymous, copper (square flan), uncertain units (2), undated, Obv. sword with garland, syllables Śrī Śrī above left and right and floral design below, Rev. ornamental trident, 1.63g; 1.67g (RGV 173), both struck from different dies, very fine and about fine, very rare (2)

Provenance
The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins and Medals: Part One

i) Chaitaya Ratna Sakya, by private treaty, November 1990

ii) Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, November 1990

The floral design could also be interpreted as two stylised standing lions, facing each other.


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Estimate

Starting price
£70