Triton XIX, Lot: 2411. Estimate $3000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Independent States. Assam (Ahom Kingdom). Ramakanta Simha. SE 1691-1692 / AD 1769-1770. AV 1½ Mohur (24mm, 17.07 g, 6h). Dated SE 1691 (AD 1769). śrī śrī yaṣṭa/bhuja goṣa/ni devāta/ra sevaka (venerable lord Ashtabhujagosani devātata sevaka) in Bengali / śrī śrī svarga/deva ramākā/nta simha nṛpasya/śāke 1691 (venerable heavenly deity Ramākānta Simha King Śāke 1691) in Bengali. Rhodes & Bose P1.1; N.G. Rhodes, “A gold coin of Ramakanta Simha,” Numismatic Digest 23-24 (1999-2000), pp. 87-9; Friedberg –. Near EF, traces of deposits. Extremely rare, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.