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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 116

Tripura, Chattra Manikya (1661-67), Tanka, 10.23g, Sk 1583, lion facing left, standard above, date below and to the right, all within a circle and border of double pointed arches with a bead in each, rev. in four lines: Śri Hara Gauri Pa/da Padma Madhup/ Śri Śri Yuta Chattra/Manikya Devyau within square with ornaments outside (RB. 215; KM. 145), attractive very fine, extremely rare

Chattra Manikya, the step-brother of Govinda Manikya, apparently usurped the throne in AD 1661 with the help of the Nawab of Murshidabad. No queen is cited on his coins but instead we have an invocation to Shiva and Parvati which translates as "Drinking of the nectar of the lotus at the foot of Hara Gauri". Few examples of his coins are known.

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