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Triskeles Sale 28  21 Jun 2019
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Lot 562

Estimate: 60 USD
Price realized: 41 USD
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Sugandha Rani. Ca. A.D. 904-906. Æ stater (19 mm, 5.95 g). Goddess Lakshmi seated facing, with Nagari legend Sri to left and Sugandha to right / King standing sacrificing at altar, with Nagari legend Devya to right. Michael Mitchiner, Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies (AD 600-1979), 164-166. A boldly struck specimen of this enigmatic queen. Scarce and choice. Nice very fine.

Sugandha Rani was one of only two queens to have ruled Kashmir. She ascended the throne after her husband Sankara Varman died in battle and her infant son Gopala Varman was murdered. But her nobles killed her after just two years on the throne.

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