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Auction 40  13-15 May 2021
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Lot 1301

Starting price: 500 USD
Price realized: 750 USD
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TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th/18th century, large tin coin, cast (78.40g), 69mm; the mekkara (mythical fish) right, elegantly engraved // 3-line Burmese legend (different from all previously published types), unpublished type and of the greatest rarity; this is the example known to Htun from the second private collection, slightly weak obverse, bold reverse, EF, RRRR. According to Than Htun, there are only three known specimens of this type, one in a museum, the second sold in our Auction 39, Lot 1288, and this example. The type was unknown to Robinson, and was not published by Than Htun, as the 17th/18th century coinage of Tenasserim was not included in his valuable publication, "Auspicious Symbols and Ancient Coins of Myanmar", published in Yangon in 2007.

Estimate: 600-900 USD
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