Assam SE 1700 rupee
This specimen was lot 2233 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "ASSAM: Lakshmi Simha, 1769-1780, AR rupee, SE1700 (date recut over 1699), with the reverse legend hari gauri ..., F-VF, Scarce, ex Nicholas Rhodes Collection." This type was struck SE 1692-1701. The Ahom script was used up through the reign of Gadadhara Simha, after which Sanskrit was used for most issues. Saka Era (SE) dates are 78 years earlier than current year dates in Western countries. Shown is a rupee From Lakshmi Simha with inscription in Sanskrit.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-182.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Rhodes, N. G., and Bose, S. K. The Coinage of Assam - Volume II Ahom Period, Kolkata, India: A.O.P Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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