The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Tripura, Vijaya Manikya (1532-64), Tanka, 10.42g, Sk.1485, citing Queen Vaka and commemorating a ritual bath in the River Padma, Vishnu seated, supported by Garuda, with two attendants, all supported by four animals, date below, all within circular toothed border; rev. legend in Mandala-shaped area: Padmā/vati Snāyi Śrī/ Śrī Visvesva/ra Vijaya/ Deva Śrī Vaka/ Devya, Shiva-lingam in small square in the centre (RB. 125; KM. 68), good very fine, extremely rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。The River Padma was well inside Muslim territory so this ritual bath will have been undertaken during a successful military incursion. This issue also demonstrates that a new queen was in favour. In the previous Rhodes auction a similar specimen of this coin sold for ￡2300 (lot 61).
