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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Assam, Kamaleśvara Simha (1795-1810), octagonal Half-Rupee, 5.64g, undated, Śrī Śrī Ha/ra Gaurī Chara/na Parasya, rev. Śrī Śrī Ka/maleśvara Si/mha Nrpasya (RB. S6.1; KM. 237), very fine, very rare.
After the death of Gaurinatha Simha, one of his descendents, Kamaleśwara, was placed on the throne by the all-powerful Burha Gohain. The three Gohains were very important councillors of state, little inferior to the king in rank. Although Kamaleśwara began his reign in Sk. 1717 (AD 1795), no coins in his name are known until Sk. 1720 (AD 1798) and even these are all very rare. It seems as though hardly any coins were struck in Assam throughout the whole of Kamaleśvaras reign, unless coins continued to be struck posthumously in the name of Gaurinatha Simha.
Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00
After the death of Gaurinatha Simha, one of his descendents, Kamaleśwara, was placed on the throne by the all-powerful Burha Gohain. The three Gohains were very important councillors of state, little inferior to the king in rank. Although Kamaleśwara began his reign in Sk. 1717 (AD 1795), no coins in his name are known until Sk. 1720 (AD 1798) and even these are all very rare. It seems as though hardly any coins were struck in Assam throughout the whole of Kamaleśvaras reign, unless coins continued to be struck posthumously in the name of Gaurinatha Simha.
Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00