Stephen Album Rare Coins

Auction 33  –  17 - 20 January 2019

Stephen Album Rare Coins, Auction 33

Ancient, Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and World Coins

Part 1: Th, 17.01.2019, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 2: Fr, 18.01.2019, from 6:00 PM CET
Part 3: Sa, 19.01.2019, from 6:00 PM CET
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Description

TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-18th century, cast large tin coin (45.00g), Robinson—, Phayre-Plate III.3 (obverse only), 69mm, mythical hintha bird facing right, with long tail rising above, extra feathers along its back, and holding a 9-leaf branch in its beak // Burmese ta-weh (for the city of Dawei in Tenasserim Province), evenly preserved and very attractive, EF, RRR. The reverse was published and the legend read by Elizabeth Moore, "Dawei Buddhist culture: a hybrid borderland," in Myanmar Historical Research Journal, vol. 21 (June 2011).

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Price realized 400 USD
Starting price 300 USD
Estimate 450 USD
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