Mohar from Nepal of Girvan Yuddha Vikrama of the Gurkha dynasty, 1720 [= 1799]
Also known as: Mohar uit Nepal van Girvan Yuddha Vikrama uit de Gurkha dynastie, 1720 [= 1799]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1799
Silver coin. Obverse: within a square inside a circle, a trident, around which are twelve characters in Nagari script meaning: Girvan Yuddha Vikrama saha deva. Around the square, a kind of polyfoil with ornaments.
In the upper two ornaments, three identical characters in Nagari script meaning: sri, sri, and once more sri. In the lower two ornaments, the date in Nepalese numerals: 1720. Reverse: within a circle, a stupa. Around the circle, a border with ornaments containing eight separated compartments, with a character in Nagari script in each compartment meaning: sri sri sri Girvan Yuddha Vikrama saha deva [?]. Smooth edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-4159; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.9 cm x weight 5.53 g.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 5.53 g · diameter 2,9 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 5,53 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.9 cm x weight 5.53 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a square inside a circle, a trident, around which are twelve characters in Nagari script meaning: Girvan Yuddha Vikrama saha deva. Around the square, a kind of polyfoil with ornaments. In the upper two ornaments, three identical characters in Nagari script meaning: sri, sri, and once more sri. In the lower two ornaments, the date in Nepalese numerals: 1720.
- Reverse
- within a circle, a stupa. Around the circle, a border with ornaments containing eight separated compartments, with a character in Nagari script in each compartment meaning: sri sri sri Girvan Yuddha Vikrama saha deva [?]. Smooth edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Mohar uit Nepal van Girvan Yuddha Vikrama uit de Gurkha dynastie, 1720 [= 1799]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-4159
- Museum classification
- coin
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