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Auction: 26088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part II
Lot: 599

(g) Nepal, Surendra Vikram Shah (1847-1881), gold Half-Bakla Asarphi, SE 1786 (1864), Obv. trident in central circle, surrounded by legend Śrī/ Śrī /Śrī Sure/ndra Vi/krama/ Sāha Deva within square, date 1786 below, moon with stop to left and sun to right of Śrī above, cakra and lotus flower to left and conch and mace to right of square, Rev. small sword with garland and legend Śrī 3/ Bhavā/nī within central circle, in eight attached petals legend Śrī Śrī Śrī Gorakhanātha, edge obliquely milled, 6.23g, 12h, 26mm (RGV 955, type 1(d)), this coin), with old collector number inked on obverse, otherwise with a faint tone, about extremely fine

Provenance

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

A. H. Baldwin, June 1975, by private treaty

Jules Fonrobert Collection, A. Weyl, Berlin, 14 January 1879, lot 2389

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Estimate
£700 to £800

Starting price
£600