5 Srang Pattern, copper

€297,628.00
IssuerTibet
Year1953
TypePattern
Value5 Srang
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight6.17 g
Dimensions
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#Pn20
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with moon and sun in the background, all surrounded by Tibetan characters.
Obverse scriptTibetan
Obverse lettering༄། དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། །སྲང་ ལྔ།
(Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal / srang lnga The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Five Srang)
Reverse descriptionWheel of Law surrounded by flaming jewel, ribbons, and lotus flower below, all surrounded by Tibetan characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringཆོས་སྲིད་ གཉིས་ལྡན་ རབ་ལོ་ ༩༢༧་
(Translation: ljongs chos srid gnyis ldan rab lo 927 Cyclic year 927 of the both the religious and worldly [government])
Edge
Mint
Mintage927 (1953)  - ༩༢༧ -
Catalog ID5540416950
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