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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Kings of Khyriem, in the name of Nara Narayan of Cooch Behar, Tanka, 30mm, 9.68g, dated Sk.1477, legend in four lines on both sides, Śrī Śrī Śi/va Charana Ka/mala Madhu Ka/rasya [six-pointed star], rev. Śrī Śrīma/n Nara Nārāya/nasya Śāke/ 1477, line above date, within circle and border of beads (RB. Z5 (Jaintiapur); Bose A-9.2), very fine, very rare.
Khyriem was an independent kingdom, located to the west of the Jaintia Hills, about which little is known. This and similar coins in the name of Nara Narayana are tentatively attributed to the Khasi King of Khyriem. The reason for attributing these coins to Khyriem is their similarity to the coins of Jaintiapur in both style and the inclusion of the six-pointed star, so typical of Jaintiapur coins. Moreover, the Koch chronicle recorded that, in around AD 1563, the Cooch Behar army defeated the king of Khyriem and ordered him to strike coins in the name of Nara Narayan.
Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00
Khyriem was an independent kingdom, located to the west of the Jaintia Hills, about which little is known. This and similar coins in the name of Nara Narayana are tentatively attributed to the Khasi King of Khyriem. The reason for attributing these coins to Khyriem is their similarity to the coins of Jaintiapur in both style and the inclusion of the six-pointed star, so typical of Jaintiapur coins. Moreover, the Koch chronicle recorded that, in around AD 1563, the Cooch Behar army defeated the king of Khyriem and ordered him to strike coins in the name of Nara Narayan.
Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00