Assam, Pramatta Simha (1744-51), old jewellery imitataion of an octagonal gold Mohur, 5.65g, undated, Assamese script, Śrī Śrī/ Śiva Pada/ Parasya, rev. Śrī Śrī Pra/matta Simha/ Nrpasya, lion below, running left (RB. item 59, p.123), poorly engraved, very fine.
Rhodes notes that this coin was struck using the same dies used for making the Country-made Half-Rupees (see below). He notes a die duplicate in the Botham Collection in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and remarks on the rarity of these coins in gold.
Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00