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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 153

Cooch Behar, Nara Narayan (1487-1555), Tankas (3), 10.44, 9.61, 10.55g, Sk.1477, legend: Śrī Śrī/ Śiva Charana/ Kamala Madhu/ Karasya, rev. Śrī Śrī/man Nara Nā/rāyana Bhupāla/sya Śāke/ 1477, both sides within circle and beaded border (RB. 1; Bose A-1.1, 2, 3; KM. 34), the second with two test cuts, very fine or better (3)

In his die study of the coins in the Rhodes cabinet, Bose puts these three coins at the start of the die run for issues of Nara Narayan. Therefore it could be said that they represent the earliest known coins of this state.

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