The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Tripura, Yaso Manikya (first reign 1599-1600), Tanka, 10.69g, Sk.1521, lion facing left, standard above, date below, within circle with outer border of beaded annulets, rev. Śrī Śrī Yuta/ Yaso Māni/kya Devah in square with ornamented border (RB. 189; KM. 107), some dark toning, otherwise extremely fine, very rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。The death of Rajadhara Manikya led to a period of chaos in Tripura of which little is known apart from what can be gleaned from the coins. Coins are known for two kings dated Sk 1521, Virabhadra Manikya (known from a coin in the Dacca Museum) and Yaso Manikya. The latter?s first reign must have been very brief for in the following year coins were struck in the name of Ishvara Manikya. Yaso Manikya started his second reign in that same year (Sk 1522). Needless to say, the coins of the period of chaos are all very or extremely rare.
