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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 319

Assam, Rajeśvara Simha (Siu-rem-pha) (1751-69), octagonal Rupee, 11.32g, Sk. 1674, Ahom legends, Kao boi/ Phā Leng-don/ heu chiu, lion running left below, rev. Chao Siu-/rem-phā pin-/khun lāk-ni/ Rāi-si-ngā, (RB. O2.1; KM. 167), very fine, extremely rare

Like his brother, Pramatta Simha, Rajeśvara Simha stuck coins with an Ahom legend for his coronation. These name the Ahom deity Phā Lengdon and are very scarce.

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