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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 296

Assam, Jayadhvaja Simha, octagonal Rupee, 11.06g, Sk. 1570, Assamese script, in four lines: Śri Śri/ Hari Hara Chara/na Kamala Ma/ du Karasya; rev. in five lines: Śri Śri/ Svarga Naraya/na Jayadhvaja Sim/hasya Śake/ 1570 (not in RB or KM), very fine, extremely rare, possibly the only known specimen.

This appears to be an unpublished type. The coin is remarkable in citing the name of the ruler, whereas all his other known coins are anonymous. Jayadhvaja died soon after signing the treaty with the Mughals but perhaps he had this coin struck with his name once they had left as a sign of defiance.

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