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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 186

Cooch Behar, Vira Narayan (1627-33), Tanka, 9.04g, Sk.1547 year 118 of Cooch Behar era, Śrī Śrī/ Krishna Charana/ Kamala Madhu/ Karasya, rev. Śrī Śrīma/d Vira Nārāya/nasya Śāke/ 1547/ 118 within circle and border of beads (RB. 33; Bose C-1.1; KM. 66), very fine, rare


Vira Narayan (Bir Narayan) was the son of Lakshmi Narayan. Not many of his coins are known. The legends are the only ones in the Cooch Behar series that have an invocation to Krishna, rather than Siva and Parvati (Hara Gauri). They continue the practice of having not only the Saka year but also the Cooch Behar era year.

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