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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 268

Assam, Dihingia Raja II (siu-hung) (1675-77), octagonal Rupee, 11.25g, Ahom legends, struck in year 27 (of the 60 year cycle), Kāo/ boi Phā/ Tā-rā/ heu chiu, rev. Caho Phā/ Siu-hung pi/n-chan lāk-ni/ Khut-ngī (RB. D1.1; KM. 25), very fine, extremely rare


Rhodes described the coins struck in the name of Siu hung as among the rarest of all the Ahom coins, with only three specimens known to him in 2004. No coins are known from the previous two rulers, or his two successors, as Assam was experiencing a period of unrest. Judging by their dates, Ahom coins were only struck for the traditional coronation ceremonies. The ancient records known as buranjis do not record coronations for many of the short-lived rulers of this time, which may account for the lack of coins.

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