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Auction: 22110 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 22: Indian and Islamic Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 762

Sirmur, Girvan Yuddha (1806-15), AE Paisas (2), 17.34; 17.00g, Nahan mint, AH 1227, VS 69 (AD 1812), shri maharajah girban judah shah bikram bahadur, rev. zarb nahan 1227 sambat 69 (in Nagari numerals) (RGV. 1409; KM. C21), about very fine and fine, with clear legends, scarce (2)

provenance
The Nicholas Rhodes Collection, Spink, 27th September 2016, lot 459 - The Nepalese armies reached in Sirmur in 1806 and remained in control until 1815, when the British annexed the state. Little is known about the Nepalese adminstration of Sirmur and there appear to be no records about the striking or circulation of coinage within the territory, apart from the coins themselves, which remain very scarce. The weight standard of this issue is very different from that used by the Nepalese in either Garhwal or Almora. The samvat date on this issue ?69? stands for VS 1869.

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