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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 265

Jaintiapur, Lakshmi Simha (1670-1703), Tanka, 9.4g, Sk. 1592, legends as previous lot, obv. pistol left, sword right, bead at the end of the first line, and three beads above (RB. H1; KM. 140), very fine with some small patches of toning; rare

Whereas the star symbol on the majority of Jaintia coins has six points, the one engraved on coins of this ruler has only five. The significance of this, if any, is not known.

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