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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 298

Assam, Chakradhvaja Simha, octagonal Rupee, 11.52g, Sk. 1585, as previous lot but obverse with crescent in top border and bird in left border, rev.with leaping deer in upper left border (RB. B2.1; KM 8), very fine, scarce

The bird symbol has been identified with Somdeo, or the bird form of Lengdon or Indra, the principal traditional deity of the Ahom kings.

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