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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 137

NGC AU58 | Nepal, Rana Bahadur Shah (1777-1799), gold Double-Mohar, SE 1711 (1789), Obv. small central square with trident, surrounded by legend, all this within square, legend Śrī Śrī Śrī Ra/?a Ba/hādur/ Sāha Deva, date 1711 below, moon in upper left and sun in upper right and canopy in between, Cakra (discus) and lotus flower on left side, and conch and mace on right side of square, Rev. central circle with eight petals attached to it, sword with garland between two horizontal lines, and legend Śrī 3/Bhavā/nī in centre of circle, legend in eight petals, Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhanātha, edge plain, 10.84g (RGV 657 this coin; KM 515), some light contact marking, extremely fine and extremely rare, the first gold coin to be struck with a special die, in NGC holder, graded AU58 (Cert. #8536720-003)

Provenance

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

Spink, by private treaty, 2 March 1978 - £200 [not listed in SNC]

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Estimate
£3,000 to £5,000

Starting price
£2100