Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 209
Cooch Behar, Parikshit Narayan (1603-13 in the eastern kingdom), Tanka, 30mm, 9.04g, Sk 1525, legends in five lines on both sides, Śri Śri/ Hara Gauri/ Charana kama/la madhu ka/rasya, rev. Śri Śri/ Parikshit Na/rayana Bhupa/lasya Śake/ 1525, both sides within double circle and border of beads (RB. 32; KM. 59), very fine with slight toning, extremely rare
Parikshit succeeded his father, Raghu Deva, in the eastern kingdom and spent most of his reign fighting the Mughals, submitting finally in 1613. The small of number his coins known to RB were struck from the same dies, implying that the striking was limited to his installation ceremony.
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