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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 100

Nepal, Jaya Vishvajit Malla (1758-1760), Mohar, NS 878, Obv. central circle with trident and legend, Śrī Hara Siddhi, surrounded by six petals and a further six scalloped petals in angles, legend Śrī Śrī Jaya Viśvajit Malla Deva, date 878 below in outer angles, Rev. sword with garland on stand within central circle, legend Śrī Śrī Śrī Lokanātha, within eight attached petals, legend Śrī 2 Yoga Narendra Malla, groups of three dots in outer angles, 5.51g, 10h (RGV 495), lightly bent, otherwise pleasingly toned and well-struck, good very fine; and, Suki, NS 878, Obv. in central circle legend Śrī/878, in six attached petals legend Viśvajita Malla, Rev. sword with garland and two flowers in central circle, crescent and dot (sun) on either side of garland, legend in six attached petals, Śrī Śrī Lokanātha, 1.31g, 6h (RGV 497), previously mounted and with red deposits, very fine; uniface Dam, undated, legend Śrī Śrī Viśva, 0.03g (RGV 498; KM 422), toned very fine and very rare (3)

Provenance

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

i) Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, December 1965

ii) Hans Wittmann Collection, Munzzentrum (Koln), Auction 59, 29-31 October 1986, lot 2349

iii) Mr P. Telco, by private treaty, September 1967



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Estimate

Starting price
£210