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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 72

Nepal, Jaya Prakash Malla (2nd reign c.1750-1768), uniface Dam in gold, undated, legend, Śrī /Jaya/ Pra, 0.05g (RGV 357; KM 237), about extremely fine, adhesion on reverse; Mohar, NS 873 (3), the first: Obv. trident with crouching lion facing left below in circle composed of eight arches, legend, Śrī 2 Ja/ya Pra/kāśa/ Malla, the Buddhist eight auspicious emblems in eight petals attached to the circle of arches, Rev. sword with garland and the legend Śrī Kumārī, 873 in inverted triangle within circle, legend, Śrī 2 Mahīpatendra Malla in the eight petals which are joined to the circle, 5.12g, 12h; the second and third: Obv. trident and the legend Śrī 2 /Jaya/ Prakā/śa Ma/lla in the centre of a pointed octagon, the Buddhist eight auspicious emblems in eight petals attached to the pointed parts of the octagon, legend Nepāleśvara 873 between the petals, Rev. legend Śrī Śrī Śrī Kumārī Māju in inverted triangle within scalloped circle, Śrī Māhipatendra Malla in the eight angles between the petals, 5.46g, 12h; 5.97g, 12h (RGV 361, 362, 363), the first with cracked flan, small piece missing, otherwise fine, the second darkly toned, about very fine, the last previously mounted, bolder fine (4)

Provenance

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

i) The Dam obtained from the British Museum, probably by exchange

ii) Purchased Kathmandu

iii) Glendining, 28 November 1973, part lot 448

iv) Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, June 1968

The Mohar (RGV 362) appears to be struck from the same dies as the one in gold (RGV 352)

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Estimate

Starting price
£140