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Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g, in the name of Sikandar Sh
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Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g
Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g, in the name of Sikandar Shah countermarked with a lion`s head, probably in Tripura, countermark and coin very fine, very rare
Provenance:Sikandar Shah was the Arabic name of the Arakanese ruler, Min Palaung, who ruled from AH 980 to 1003 (AD 1571-1593). The host coin is a variant of G&G. B1014. In JONS 203 (2010), Nicholas Rhodes illustrates this and five other coins then known with the same countermark. He then goes on to postulate various possible reasons for the countermark, concluding that it was most likely applied by the Tripura authorities to validate the coins for export.
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Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g
Tripura / Chittagong, Tanka, 9.78g, in the name of Sikandar Shah countermarked with a lion`s head, probably in Tripura, countermark and coin very fine, very rare
Provenance:Sikandar Shah was the Arabic name of the Arakanese ruler, Min Palaung, who ruled from AH 980 to 1003 (AD 1571-1593). The host coin is a variant of G&G. B1014. In JONS 203 (2010), Nicholas Rhodes illustrates this and five other coins then known with the same countermark. He then goes on to postulate various possible reasons for the countermark, concluding that it was most likely applied by the Tripura authorities to validate the coins for export.
The Nick Rhodes Collection of Coins from North East India (Part 1)
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