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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 7

Tripura, Ratna Manikya, Tanka, 10.41g, Sk 1386, Ratnapura, lion facing left in centre, around: Śri Narayana Charana Para Ratnapure 1386, rev. Śri Narayana/ Charana Para/ Śri; Śri Ratna Ma/nikya Deva in double square with with some ornaments outside (RB. 8; KM. 5), good very fine, extremely rare

After the issue of the initial coinage with its inscriptions on both sides, Ratna Manikya introduced the lion design which was to become such a feature of Tripura coinage from then onwards. Again, inspiration for the design must have come from rare issues of the Bengal sultans, Jalal al-Din Muhammad and Nasir al-Din Mahmud, featurine a similar lion. In the Hindu religion, the lion is the vahana, or vehicle, of the goddess Durga. It is noteworthy than some subsequent Tripura issues actually include an invocation to the goddess.
Ratnapura was the name of the Tripura capital, and is now known as Udaipur.

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Estimate
£500 to £600