Tripura SE1487 tanka
This specimen was lot 952 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $540. The catalog description[1] noted, "TRIPURA: Ananta Manikya, 1564-1567, AR tanka, SE1487, lion left, border of cusped arcs // 4-line legend in square sri sri yutananta manikya deva sri ratnavati maha devyau, citing the Queen Ratnavati; some adhesions on the obverse, bold strike, VF-EF, RR." This one year type is scarce. The Tripura kingdom existed before the coming of the Mughals in the sixteenth century. The Mughals managed to seize the flat part of the kingdom but were never able to penetrate the hill districts. The British established a protectorate over the kingdom in 1809. They called the state "Hill Tipperah" to distinguish it from a district in Bengal state called plain "Tipperah". Altho surrounded to the north, west and south by Bangladesh, it is still today part of India.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.5 g, silver, this specimen 10.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM-74, Rh-129.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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