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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Tripura, Vijaya Manikya (1532-64), Tanka, 10.42g, Sk.1485, citing Queen Vaka and commemorating a ritual bath in the River Padma, Vishnu seated, supported by Garuda, with two attendants, all supported by four animals, date below, all within circular toothed border; rev. legend in Mandala-shaped area: Padmā/vati Snāyi Śrī/ Śrī Visvesva/ra Vijaya/ Deva Śrī Vaka/ Devya, Shiva-lingam in small square in the centre (RB. 125; KM. 68), good very fine, extremely rare.
The River Padma was well inside Muslim territory so this ritual bath will have been undertaken during a successful military incursion. This issue also demonstrates that a new queen was in favour.
In the previous Rhodes auction a similar specimen of this coin sold for £2300 (lot 61).
Estimate: £1,800.00 - £2,500.00
The River Padma was well inside Muslim territory so this ritual bath will have been undertaken during a successful military incursion. This issue also demonstrates that a new queen was in favour.
In the previous Rhodes auction a similar specimen of this coin sold for £2300 (lot 61).
Estimate: £1,800.00 - £2,500.00