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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 82

Tripura, Amara Manikya, Tanka, 10.46g, Sk 1502, relatively broad flan (27mm) citing Queen Amaravati, lion facing left, standard above, with nothing tied to it but with bead added at top left, date below, Śake between lion's two front legs, all within circle and outer border of double arches, rev. in four lines: Digbijayi Śri Śri/ Yutamara Mani/kya Deva Śri Ama/ravati Devyau within square with ornaments outside (RB. 164; KM 91), very fine

This type issued in Sk 1502 (AD 1580) in includes the epithet Digvijayi - "Conqueror of the world". This probably refers to some successful military campaign as for early Hindu rulers a digvijaya was a ceremonial tour of conquest around neigbouring kingdoms.

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