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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 97

Nepal, Jaya Rajya Prakash Malla (1745-1758), Mohar (3), NS 865, Obv. trident in centre between two pseudo-Persian characters, legend in four lines, Śrī Śrī/Jaya Rājya/ Prakaśa Malla/ Deva/865, all on reticulated surface, Rev. scalloped octagon, sword with garland on stand in centre with legend Śrī Śrī Lokanātha, stand without small pellet in its middle round part, legend around, Śrī Jaya Vīra Yoga Narendra Malla, 5.33g, 2h (RGV 476 this coin); another, Mohar, NS 865, Obv. two intersecting squares with concave sides, astamangala (eight Buddhist emblems) in outer angles, trident in centre with legend Śrī Śrī/Jaya Rā- 865, the remaining legend in outer triangles, jya Prakaśa Malla Deva, Rev. scalloped octagon, sword with garland on stand in centre with legend Śrī Śrī Lokanātha, stand without small pellet in its middle round part, legend around, Śrī Jaya Vīra Yoga Narendra Malla, 5.39g, 12h (RGV 479); another, Mohar, NS865, variant of previous coin, 5.42g, 2h (RGV 480), the first with small piece of flan missing and stained, otherwise fine and very rare, the second and third about fine, both rare (3)

Provenance

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

i) Dr Karl Gabisch, Baldwin’s (Hong Kong), Auction 40, 1 September 2005, lot 87

ii) Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, March 2001

iii) Wesley Halpert, Spink New York, 11 December 2000, part lot 51

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Estimate
£300 to £400

Starting price
£210