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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 425

Assam, Kamalesvara Simha (1795-1810), octagonal Rupee, 11.24g, Sk. 1720, Śri Śri Hara/ Gauri Charana Ka/mala Makaranda/ Madhukarasya, rev. Śri Śri Svarga/ Deva Śri Kamalesva/ra Simha Narendrasya/ Śake 1720, winged lion running left below (RB. S5.1; KM. 238), toned very fine, very rare

After the death of Gaurinatha Simha, one of his descendents, KamaleŚwara, was placed on the throne by the all-powerful Burha Gohain. The three Gohains were very important councillors of state, little inferior to the king in rank. Although KamaleŚwara began his reign in Sk. 1717 (AD 1795), no coins in his name are known in his name until Sk. 1720 (AD 1798) and even these are all very rare. It seems as though hardly any coins were struck in Assam throughout the whole of KamaleŚvara's reign, unless coins continued to be struck posthumously in the name of Gaurinatha Simha.

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