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Auction: CSS32 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series incl. The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Tibetan Coins, Tibetan and Nepalese Banknotes
Lot: 4

Tibet, Anonymous (1763/4 or 1785), Shri Mangalam Tangka, 5.26g (YZM. 258; KM. C#10.3), PCGS XF Details (Bent) and extremely rare

This undated coin has been ascribed to the years 1763/4 or 1785. This type of tangka is known as the "Shri Mangalam Tangka” owing to its obverse inscription which is shri mam ga lam (instead of corect shri mang ga lam) , a Sanskrit term meaning "Good luck”. The reverse inscription is dga’ ldan phyo(gs) las rnam par rgyal ba (“Ga(n)den [Palace] completely victorious in all directions”), each syllable being placed into one of eight petals. This is a reference to the form of Tibetan Government which was established by the 5th Dalai Lama in 1642. Most of the design elements on this coin were copied from Nepalese coins of the Malla period. The obverse is a very close copy of an undated mohar in the name of Mahipatendra Malla which was struck in about 1669 (RGV 266).


1763/4-85年西藏Shri Mangalam唐卡銀幣, 約5.26克, PCGS XF Details, 罕見品種

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HK$240,000