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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 59

Nepal, Mahipatendra Malla (c.1670), Suki (Quarter-Mohar), undated, Obv. thunderbolt (vajra) in centre and the legend Śrī Śrī /ma hi/ pa, Rev. arrow and a bow in centre, legend continues te ndra/malla, 1.37g, 12h (RGV -), pierced twice and with some resulting crimping through flan, with red some deposits, otherwise almost very fine and extremely rare, perhaps the only specimen existing in western collections

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

Dr Karl Gabrisch, Baldwin's (Hong Kong), Auction 40, 1 September 2005, lot 42

This coin represents the most important discovery of the coinage of the Malla period, made after the publication of Rhodes et al. "The Coinage of Nepal". As this coin includes the design of a bow and an arrow, it proves that the story that these design elements had caused the death of Chakrartendra Malla, must be an invention of a later chronicler.

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£280