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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 99

Tripura, Yaso Manikya (first reign 1599-1600), Tanka, 10.55g, Sk 1521, lion facing left, standard above, date below, all within circle and border of circles with a bead in each, rev. in three lines: Śri Śri Yuta/ Yaso Mani/kya Devah in square with ornaments outside (RB. 189; KM. 107), with small area of adhesion, very fine, very rare

The death of Rajadhara Manikya led to a period of chaos in Tripura of which little is known apart from what can be gleaned from the coins. Coins are known for two kings dated Sk 1521, Virabhadra Manikya (known from a coin in the Dacca Museum) and Yaso Manikya. The latter's first reign must have been very brief for in the following year coins were struck in the name of Ishvara Manikya. His reign, too, was very brief, as Yaso Manikya started his second reign in that same year (Sk 1522). Needless to say, the coins of the period of chaos are all very or extremely rare.

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Estimate
£250 to £300