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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 330

Assam, Śiva Simha, octagonal Rupees (6), Sk. 1648, 1649, 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653,citing Queen Pramathesvari, legends in four lines on each side, Śri Śri Hara/ Gauri Pada Pa/rayanayah/ Śake date, lion at bottom running to right, rev. Śri Śri Śiva/ Simha Nripa Mahi/si Śri Pramathesva/ri Devyah (RB. I5.1, I6.1, I7.2, I.8, I9.1, I10.2; KM. 73), very fine (6)

In AD 1726 (Sk. 1648), Queen PhuleŚvari changed her name to PramatheŚvari, another name for Parvati, the consort of Śiva. And coins were struck with the new name from that year, though, oddly, there are a couple of years when coins were struck in either name.

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