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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 81

Nepal, Jaya Yoga Narendra Malla (1684-1705), Mohar, NS 808, Obv. swastika formed of squares, legend in empty spaces, Śrī Śrī Yoga Narendra Malla Deva, Sa?gitār??ava Pāraga., Rev. vermilion casket in central circle, eight small petals around, each containing three dots, this surrounded by two intersecting quadrilaterals with concave sides, legend in eight corners of star formed by the intersecting quadrilaterals, Śrī Yoga Rak?mī Devī 808, legend in outer angles of star, Śrī Narendra Rak?mī Devī, 5.33g, 1h (RGV 396), light crease to flan, very fine; Mohar (3), NS 820, Obv. sword with garland on stand, two small branches and flower on top of wreath, crescent to left and sun to right of flower, legend on either side, Śrī Śrī Jaya Yoga Narendra Malla, Sa?gitār??ava Pāraga, all on reticulated surface, Rev. trident with garland, legend on either side in Devanagari script, Śrī Vīra Yoga Narendra Malla, Nepāla Chū?ama?i 820, three pellets at lower left and right, the last coin a slight variant, 5.39g, 12h; 5.33g, 12h; 5.28g, 12h (RGV 398, 399 var.), the pellets on the lower left are not clearly visible on one coin, about very fine to very fine (4)

Provenance

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

i) Purchased Darjeeling, April 1974

In the case of this coin (Rak?mī for Lak?mī,is an example of how the letters “ra” and “la” were considered interchangeable in coin inscriptions of the Malla period)

iii) Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, December 1991


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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£140