Independent States
366, Lot: 123. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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INDEPENDENT STATES, Assam (Ahom Kingdom). Rajesvara Simha. SE 1673-1691 / AD 1751-1769. AV Mohur (22mm, 11.35 g, 6h). Dated SE 1675 (AD 1753).
śri śri hara/
gauri charana ka/
mala makaranda/
madhukarasya in Devanagari; below, lion left /
śri śri svarga/
deva śri rajeśva/
ra simha nripasya/
śake 1675 in Devanagari. Rhodes & Bose O81.1; Friedberg 942. EF, traces of deposits. Very rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, April 1997.