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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 327

Assam, Śiva Simha, octagonal gold Mohur, 11.31g, Sk. 1646, citing Queen Phulesvari, in three lines: Śri Śri Hara/ Gauri Pada Pa/rayanayah, lion below, running right, rev. in four lines: Śri Śri Śiva/ Simha Nripa Mahisi/ Śri Phulesvari De/vyah Śake 1646 (RB. H1.1; KM. 66), very fine, very rare

It is reported that Śiva Simha was heavily influenced by Brahmins and astrologers at his court and was worried that his reign would turn out to be a short one; therefore, in AD 1722 (Sk. 1644) he declared his queen, PhuleŚvari to be ruler in his place. A couple of years later her position must have strengthened to the extent that we find her name cited on all the coinage, not just the Mohurs and Rupees, and in such a way that the coins appear to be issued by the queen rather than the king.


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