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Auction: 26088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part II
Lot: 461

Nepal, Kathmandu, Jaya Jagajjaya Malla (1722-1735), Suki, NS 842, Obv. trident in centre, crescent to left of trident, legend in five lines, Śrī 2/ Jaya /Jaga/jjaya/Malla, Rev. offering vase (bhumpa) with wreath and three dots on top of wreath, legend in four lines Śrī Kūmūdinī Devī 842, the figure ‘4’ appears to have been re-engraved over ‘5’ (RGV 319 this coin; KM 233, previously KM 239), pierced twice and with edge split, about very fine and rare; Suki (2), NS 842, much as before, Obv. with different dot variations, 1.36g, 12h; 1.33g, 12h (RGV 320), the first ex-mount, both very fine; Suki, NS 842, much as before, Obv. three dots below trident (RGV 320a), rubbed, fine; Suki, NS 842, much as before, Obv. legend has only four lines and reads Śrī 2/Jaga/jjaya/Malla, three dots and crescent with dot (sun) on either side of trident, Rev. no dots on either side of Śrī, upper part of vase drawn with only five lines (RGV 322 this coin), with red deposits, very fine, rare variety; Suki, NS 842, much as last, Obv. single dot either side of trident, three dots left of Śrī 2, Rev. three dots each side of Śrī 2, 1.07g, 12h (RGV 322a this coin), water-worn, good fine; Adhani (2), undated, Obv. sword with wreath and legend in two lines Śrī Jaga/jja-, Rev. lion facing left and legend –ya Malla above (RGV 324; KM 229, previously 233), one chipped to edge, both pierced and ex-mount, about very fine, rare (8)

Provenance

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

i) Karl Gabrisch, Baldwin, Hong Kong, Auction 40, 1 September 2005, lot 53 [part]

ii) Purchased in Kathmandu, August 1964

v) B. N. Shrestha, December 1989, by private treaty

vi) Vagn H. Hansen, by private treaty.

Hansen were a collector from Denmark who spent many years in Kathmandu and died in Patan, circa 2000.

vii-viii) Karl Gabrisch, Baldwin, Hong Kong, Auction 40, 1 September 2005, lot 53 [part]



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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£140