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Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 396

Tibetan Government, Anonymous, 1½-Srang, 5.72g, Trabshi mint, T.E.16-10 (1936), snow lion facing left in centre with Himalayan range behind with two suns above and ornament below, legend dga' ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal in eight syllables between inner circle and an outer circle of pearls arranged in groups of two syllables, separated by Buddhist emblems, pair of fish, conch, endless knot and parasol, rev. vase containing foliage with scroll ornaments either side and below, legend: rab byung bcu drug lo bcu srang 1/5 ("cycle sixteen, year ten, 1½ srang") reading clockwise from 12 o'clock, separated by four of the auspicious symbols: the banner of victory (north), lotus (east and west) and wheel (south) (YZM 509; KM. Y#24; L&M -), very fine

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