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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 210

Cooch Behar, Vira Narayan (1627-33), Tanka, 30mm, 9.44g, Sk 1548, year 118, legend in four lines: Śri Śri/ Krishna Charana/ Kamala Madhu/ Karasya; rev. in five lines: Śri Śrima/d Vira Naraya/nasya Śake/ 1547/ 118, both sides within a double circle and border of beads (RB. 33; KM. 66), very fine, rare

Vira Narayan (Bir Narayan) was the son of Lakshmi Narayan. Not many of his coins are known. The legends are the only ones in the Cooch Behar series that have an invocation to Krishna, rather than Shiva and Parvati (Hara Gauri). They continue the practice of having not only the Saka year but also the Cooch Behar era year.

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