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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 153

Tripura, Vira Chandra Manikya (1862-96), Tanka, 10.43g, Sk 1791, citing Queen Rajesvari, lion facing left, trident on back, date on three sides around lion, all within circular border of pointed arches with five verticle lines in each, rev. in five lines: Radha Krishna Pade/ Śri Śri Yuta Vira Chandra/ Manikya Deva Śri Śri/mati Rajesvari Maha/ Devyau, arabesque at top, all within circle of beads (RB. 287; KM. 357), nice very fine with some toning, extremely rare

The initial issues of Vira Chandra Manikya, which are known with the names of two queens, were hand-struck. After the appointment of a British resident in Agartala, which had become the capital during the reign of Krishna Manikya, machine-struck coins, dated in the Bengali era, and apparently struck in the UK, were issued. It is clear, however, that these coins were not intended for circulation, as only British Indian coinage is reported to have been in use within the state.

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