The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Kachar, Lakshmi Chandra Narayana (1772-1774), octagonal Rupee, 10.48g, Sk.1694, Śrī Śrī Rana/chandī Pāda Pa/dma Makaranda Ma/dhukarasya, rev. Śrī Śrī La/kshmī Chandra Nārā/yana Nrpavarasya/ Śāke 1694, small clusters of beads and floral designs in fields (RB. 57.2; KM. 136), very fine, of the utmost rarity and probably the only known example. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。According to RB, only two coins are known of this ruler, the gold Mohur that sold for £7000 in the previous Rhodes auction, and this Rupee. The octagonal coins clearly draw their inspiration from Assam. RB suggests that they may have been inspired and struck by Moamaria exiles from that state who had sought refuge in Kachar after their failed rebellion. The coin legends include an invocation to Ranachandi, the goddess of war.
