The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Tripura, Vijaya Manikya (1532-64), Tanka, 10.66g, Sk.1482, citing Queen Lakshmi and commemorating a ritual bath in the River Lakhi, figure of Ardhanarishvara, date below, śaka to left, within circle and toothed border, rev. Lakshya Snāyi/ Śrī Śrī Tripura Ma/hesh Vijaya Māni/kya Deva Śrī Lakshmī/ Rānī Devyah within 12-arched scalloped border with beads between arches (RB. 116; KM. 67), a couple of stained or weak areas, otherwise very fine, scarce. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。The River Lakhi is a branch of the Brahmaputra that passes near to Sonargaon and Dacca. The ritual bath was presumably undertaken during another foray into Muslim territory. The depiction of Ardhanarishvara is unusually syncretic in as much as it is shown as half the ten-handed Durga seated on her lion, and half the four-handed Shiva seated on his humped bull. In the previous Rhodes auction a slightly better specimen of this coin sold for ￡550.
