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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 350

Assam, Gaurinatha Simha (1780-95), octagonal gold Quarter Mohur, 2.80g, Sk. 1709, year 8, Assamese script, Śrī Śrī Gau/rīnātha Simha/ Nrpasya, rev. Śāke 1709, figure 8 below (RB. R22.1; KM. 227), appealing, 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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