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Auction: 13020 - Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 551

Tibet, 25 Srang, yellow, red and blue, serial numbers ka/069530 and kha 039467 , the obverse features two snow lions within an ornamental frame. They are supporting the wheel of (Buddhist) religion with one of their front paws. The two lines of inscription reads as follows:
dga´ ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal/
chos srid gnyis ldan gyi shog dngul srang nyi shu rtsa lnga
("the Ganden Palace victorious in all directions, twenty-five paper silver srang of the religious and worldly government"). The first line of the legend also appears written in seal script in the vertical panels to the left of the red seal and to the right of the black seal. The reverse shows rulers and monks among palaces and monastic buildings on the left of the central panel and the "four brothers living in harmony" in the right part. The latter scene is similar to the one found on the reverses of the early 25 Tam notes, (Pick 10, YZM 906) fine and about uncirculated (2)

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