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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 254

Assam, Jayadhvaja Simha (1648-63), octagonal Rupee, 11.34g, Sk. 1570, four line inscription in Assamese script on both sides within a double linear border with beads, Śrī Śrī Ha/ri Hara Chara/na Parāya/nasya, one bead lower right, rev. Śrī Śrī Śva/rga Nārāya/nasya Śāke / 1570 (RB. A3.4; KM. 1), one minor reverse test punch, very fine, scarce

The Ahom rulers of Assam adopted the octagonal format that became standard for Assamese coins until the end of the series, with only a few exceptions. The legends do not cite the ruler’s name but have an invocation to Hari Hara, a syncretic deity combining both Vishnu and Shiva.
The coins of the first few Assamese coin-issuing rulers all have fixed dates.

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