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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 213

Kachar, Megha Narayana (1566-1583), Tanka, 9.84g, Sk.1488, legends in four lines on both sides, Hara Gaurī/ Charana Parā/yana Hācheng/sā Vamśaja in double square within circle, border of beads, rev. Śri Śri Megah/ Nārāyana Bhu/pālasya Śā/ke 1488, border as obverse (RB. 5.3; KM. 102), very fine, very rare

The Tankas of Megha Narayana were struck from many different dies, with variations in legend arrangement and ornamentation, so that individual varieties remain very rare. The legend on this and subsequent Tankas include the epithet Hāchengsā Vamśaja, i.e. “belonging to the Hā Tsung Tsā clan."


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