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[[Image:SA52-0747.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album Auction 52, lot 747]]
[[Image:Bengal 1942.jpg|450px|thumb|Bengal in 1942, from Hammond's atlas]]

This specimen was lot 747 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $570. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "TRIPURA: Dhanya Manikya, 1490-1526, AR tamla, SE1428 (1508), lion facing right, border of solid triangles // 4-line legend ''vijayindra sri sri dhanya manikya sri kamala devyau'', citing Queen Kalama, very rare type, VG-F, RR, ex George Anderson Collection, ex David Cashin Collection." This is listed in the SCWC as a ''tanka''. The SCWC comments, "The coins of Tripura are unusual in that the majority have the name of the king together with that of his queen, and is the only coinage in the world where this was done consistently. In common with most other Hindu coinages of northeast [[India]], the coins bear fixed dates. Usually the date was that of the coronation ceremony...." 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 10.47 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-47 except lion facing right, R&B-66.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Nicol, N. Douglas, Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of German Coins, 1501-Present, 3rd ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, ''Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Tripura SE1386 tanka]] = 1464
* [[Tripura SE1435 tanka]] = 1513
* [[Coins and currency dated 1508]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 52]][[Category: Coinage of the Indian states]]

Tripura SE1428 tanka - Revision history

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