Lot 40
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Yoga Narendra Malla (1684-1705), triangular suki (1.34g), with name of both the King and the Queen Jaya Rakshmi (sic. for Lakshmi) Devi, (RGV.410), fine, traces of loop and plugged, but extremely rare
Yoga Narendra Malla (1684-1705), triangular suki (1.34g), with name of both the King and the Queen Jaya Rakshmi (sic. for Lakshmi) Devi, (RGV.410), fine, traces of loop and plugged, but extremely rare

Details
Yoga Narendra Malla (1684-1705), triangular suki (1.34g), with name of both the King and the Queen Jaya Rakshmi (sic. for Lakshmi) Devi, (RGV.410), fine, traces of loop and plugged, but extremely rare
Further details
This is probably the only coin ever struck in this inverted triangular shape, which may have been chosen as it is a Yantra representing the female in tantric iconography. Only three specimens of this remarkable coin are currently known, of which this is the only one in private hands.