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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 241

Kachar, Megha Narayana (1566-83), Tanka, 10.50g, Sk 1488, legend in four lines on either side: Hara Gauri/ Charana Para/yana Hacheng/sa Vamsaja within a double square all within a circle and border of beads, rev. Śri Śri Megah/ Narayana/ Bhupalasya/ Śake 1488 within a double square all within a circle and border of beads (RB. 5.1), shroff mark at top of obverse, about good very fine, very rare

While far more Tankas are known of Megha Narayana than those of his predecessor, they were struck from many different dies, with variations in legend arrangement and ornamentation, so that individual varieties remain very rare. The legend on this and subsequent tankas include the epithet HĀchengsĀ VamŚaja, i.e. "belonging to the HĀ Tsung TsĀ clan.

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