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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 332

Assam, Śiva Simha, round Rupee, 11.46g, Persian script, Sk. 1649, regnal year 14, Rangpur mint, citing Queen Pramathesvari, Siva singh shah/ sikkah/ zad chu mahr/ bahm begam pramathisari/ shah, winged lion facing left below, rev. manus/ maimanat/ sanah 14 jalus/ zarb/ rangpur 1649 (RB. I13.1; KM. 74), good very fine, very rare

The striking of some round and square rupees in Persian script indicates the presence of some Mughal influence at court.

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