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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Assam, Lakshmi Simha (1770-80), octagonal Rupee, 11.33g, Sk. 1692, Assamese script, with invocation to Vishnu and Śiva, Śrī Śrī Ha/ri Hara Parama/ Pada Padma Pa/rāyanasya, rev. Śrī Śrī Svarga/ Deva Śrī Laksmī/ Simha Nrpasya/ Śāke 1692, lion running right, below (RB. Q23.2; KM. 181), light surface deposits, good very fine, scarce .
In his first year, apart from the very rare Ahom-legend coins, Lakshmi Simha issued two types of Assamese-legend coins, this one with its Vaishnava invocations and the usual Śivaite type with its invocation to Hara and Gauri. The former may have been issued as an attempt to appease the Moamarias.
Estimate: £70.00 - £90.00
In his first year, apart from the very rare Ahom-legend coins, Lakshmi Simha issued two types of Assamese-legend coins, this one with its Vaishnava invocations and the usual Śivaite type with its invocation to Hara and Gauri. The former may have been issued as an attempt to appease the Moamarias.
Estimate: £70.00 - £90.00