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LOT 3450
India. Hindu Rama Sita AR Ramatanka Token. 19th-20th century AD. Ram Durbar type.
Durbar scene, Rama and Sita seated on durbar platform, attendant standing on the left holds parasol above them, Kusha and Lava, the two sons of Rama Sita standing on the right, Hanuman sit beneath the platform / Rama standing on left holding and Lakshmana standing on the right, both holding a trident and bow, legend in Devanagari around: 'Ram Ladaman Janak (Jabala)n Hanaman' and 900. Cf. Mitchiner 342c. Good Very Fine.(12.95gr, 28mm, 3h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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