Triton XIX, Lot: 2450. Estimate $1500.
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INDIA, Princely States. Tripura. Krishna Kishora Manikya. SE 1752-1771 / AD 1830-1849. AV Mohur (27mm, 11.58 g, 6h). Dated SE 1752 (AD 1830). Lion standing left with right foreleg and tail raised; behind, trident standard with pellet above; rosette of nine pellets below lion;
sa ka bda 17 52 (date) in Bengali around below; all within lotus border /
radha krishna pa/
de śri śri yuta krishna/
kishora manikya de/
va śri śrimati suda/
kshina maha devyau in five lines in Bengali; floral ornaments above; pair of triple pellets below. R&B 272; Friedberg 1430. EF, toned, area of soft strike at periphery. Extremely rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (10 December 1988), lot 282B.
