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Auction 35  12-14 Sep 2019
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Lot 1859

Starting price: 140 USD
Price realized: 140 USD
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TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-18th century, cast large tin coin (67.04g), Robinson-20var (Plate 9.1), 64mm, knotted dragon right with protruding pointed tongue, no symbols in the field // 3-line Burmese legend, very coarsely engraved in the reverse mold, minimal weakness, as though cast with a worn reverse mold, two natural casting flaws, VF, RR. Same casting molds as Lot 995 in our Auction 33. Coins of this type, where the dragon rather resembles a snake, typically weigh in the 55g-75g range, and were found in the Perak hoard, noted by Robinson, pp. 56-58.

Estimate: 180-240 USD
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