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Auction 45  26-29 Jan 2023
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Lot 940

Starting price: 8000 USD
Price realized: 15 000 USD
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JUBBAL: Raja Rana Sir Bhagat Chand Bahadur, 1910-1947, AV mohur, VS1988 (1931), Bruce-X2, F-1238, State coat-of-arms with lion supporters within linear circle; in outer margin, jubal rajya (Jubbal State) in Nagari above, date below; floral symbols flanking date // sri (Lord) within linear hexagram; all within linear circular border; sri sri sri ramacandri jayati (venerable Lord Sri Ramachandra is victorious) in Nagari, an attractive mint state example of this very rare type! PCGS graded MS61, RR. Jubbal was a small scenic state in the Simla Hills, now in the modern state of Himachal Pradesh. Its capital was Deora and total population wouldl have been less than 30,000. The hexagram device in the center is a 'seed' or 'Beeja' for 'Shri-Yantra', a Tantric 'prosperity device' (two superimposed triangles denoting 'Purusha' and 'Prakriti', or Cosmic 'Male' and 'Female' principles, with 'Shri' for auspiciousness placed in between). Most probably struck for ceremonial use.

Estimate: 10,000-15,000 USD
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