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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 297

Assam, Chakradhvaja Simha (siu-pung-mung) (1663-1670), octagonal Rupee, 11.29g, dated Sk. 1585, legends in four lines in Assamese script on each side within the usual border, Śri Śri Śi/va Rama Pada/rabinda Para/yanasya, rev. Śri Śri Sva/rga Deva Chakradhva/ja Simhasya Śake/1585 (RB. B1.1; KM. 8), very fine, scarce

Chakradhvaja Simha succeeded his father, soon after the Mughal invasion, and made sure his name was inscribed on the coinage. The coins come in two main categories: those in Assamese script with his Hindu name, and those in Ahom script with his Ahom name. The former all have the fixed date Sk. 1585, while the latter are dated to the 15th year of the 60 year cycle (= AD 1663). The coins of this reign continue to maintain their octagonal shape but a couple of round rupees are also known, see lot 299 below.

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