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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 391

Assam, Gaurinatha Simha, octagonal gold Quarter-Mohur, 2.78g, Assamese script, Sk. 1711, no regnal year, Śri Śri Gau/rinatha Si/mha Nripasya, rev. Śake 1711 (RB. R23.1; KM. 227), good very fine, rare

During the period Sk. 1710 to 1715, when Gaurinatha Simha was either in Guwahati or seeking, with British help, to regain his throne, far fewer coins seem to have been struck, especially Rupees, some dates of which are very rare.

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