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Lot 1898    Session 6 (9.30am Wednesday)    World Gold Coins

Estimate $130
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $180

INDONESIA, South Suilawesi, Arung Palakka Rana Bone, (1672-1696), gold coupang, (0.65 grams), obv. Arabic script 'Al Sultan..', rev. Arabic Script. (Mitchiner [South East Asia] -, M.-). Good very fine and very rare apparently unpublished.

Arung Palakka Rana Bone, (Whitewater Palakka) was born in Lamatta, Mario-ri Wawo, Soppeng, September 15, 1634 - died in Bontoala, 6 April 1696 at age 61 years. He was the Sultan of the Sultanate of Bone from 1672 until 1696. While still a prince, he led his kingdom in gaining independence from the Sultanate of Gowa in 1660's. He worked with the Dutch in seizing the city of Makassar. Bugis Palakka was a great maritime power in cooperation with the Netherlands and dominated the region for nearly a century.

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