THE NICHOLAS RHODES COLLECTION - COINS OF TIBETLater Coins post 1912338338 (x1.5)338 Tibet, Anonymous, 1-Tam Srang, 18.52g, 15-48 (1914), snow lion looking upwards,ornaments above back, rev. as previous Tam-Srangs (lots 330-333), but legend reads:rab byung 15 lo 48 tam srang gang (cycle 15, year 48, one Tam Srang) (YZM 397;KM. Y#A18), in PCGS holder, graded VF35, very rareHK$75,000-100,000(US$10,000-14,000)339 340339 Tibet, Anonymous, 1-Tam Srang, 19.39g, 15-52 (1918) snow lion looking upwards,ornaments above back, rev. as previous, but legend reads: rab byung 15 lo 52 tam sranggang (cycle 15, year 52, one Tam Srang) (YZM 398; KM. Y#A18.1), in PCGS holder,graded XF45, very rare340 Tibet, Anonymous, 1-Tam Srang, 19.39g, 15-53 (1919), snow lion looking upwards,ornaments above back, rev. as previous, but legend reads: rab byung 15 lo 53 tam sranggang (cycle 15, year 53, one Tam Srang) (YZM 399; KM. Y#A18.1), in PCGS holder,graded AU58, rareHK$60,000-75,000(US$8,000-10,000)HK$50,000-60,000(US$7,000-8,000)WWW.SPINK.COM
August 21, 2013 - HONG KONG341342341 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 9.63g, Dode mint, 15-47 (1913), snowlion looking upwards with sun and three ornaments within circle to which eight lotuspetals are attached, each contains one syllable of the legend dga’ ldan pho brang phyo(gs)las rnam rgyal (The Ganden Palace, victorious in all directions), rev. triratna (triple gem)in centre surrounded by circle with legend around (starting at 12 o’clock and readingclockwise: rab byung 15 lo 47 zho lnga (cycle 15, year 47, 5-Sho), this surrounded by acircle to which eight lotus petals are attached, each containing one of the eight Buddhistauspicious emblems (YZM 400; KM. Y#18), very fine342 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 9.80g, Dode mint, 15-48 (1914), snowlion looking upwards, as previous lot but lion’s tail has nine strands, rev. triratna andsymbols as previous coin, but legend reads: rab byung 15 lo 48 zho lnga (cycle 15, year 48,5-Sho) (YZM 401-402; KM. Y#18), about very fineHK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)HK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)343 344343 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 9.44g, Dode mint, 15-49 (1915), snowlion looking upwards, as previous lot but lion’s tail has ten strands, thick line above sun,rev. triratna and symbols as previous coin, but legend reads: rab byung 15 lo 49 zho lnga(cycle 15, year 49, 5-Sho) (YZM 403; KM. Y#18), very fine and scarceThe thick line above the sun is due to an engraving error, not a planchet fault, sincevarious coins with this feature are known.344 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 9.66g, Dode mint, 15-49 (1915), snowlion looking diagonally upwards, as previous lot but lion’s tail has nine strands, rev.triratna, symbols and legend as previous coin (YZM 403; KM. Y#18), about very fineHK$2,300-2,800(US$300-350)HK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)345 346345 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 8.35g, Dode mint, 15-50 (1916), snowlion looking upwards, tail has nine strands as previous lot, but lion fatter with large circlearound, rev. triratna and symbols as previous coin but legend reads: rab byung 15 lo 50zho lnga (cycle 15, year 50, 5-Sho) (YZM 404-5; KM. Y#18), some areas of dirt, very fine346 Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), 5-Sho, 7.85g, Dode mint, 15-50 (1916), snowlion looking upwards, as previous lot, rev. triratna, symbols and legend as previous coin(YZM 404-5; KM. Y#18), very fineHK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)HK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)87