Very Fine, Scarce.

Very Fine, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.

Very Fine, Scarce.

Very Fine, Rare.

Chakradhvaj Simha succeeded his father soon after the Mughal invasion, and made sure his name was inscribed on the coinage. The coins come in two main categories : those in Assamese script with his Hindu name, and those in Ahom script with his Ahom name. The former all have the fixed date SE. 1585, while the latter are dated to the 15th year of the 60 year cycle (AD 1663). The coins of this reign continue to maintain their octagonal shape but a couple of round rupees are also known.

Very Fine, Rare.

The decade after the death Chakradhvaja Simha was one of turmoil in Assam during which there were no fewer than five rulers, only a couple of which appear to have had time to strike coins. Gadadhar Managed to survive this period. Early in his regin he expelled the Muslims from Guwahati, thereby capturing a large amount of booty, which presumably enabled him to strike much of his coinage. All his coins are dated to the 33rd year of the 60 year cycle used by the Ahoms and the legends invoke the Ahom diety, Lengdon, often identified as Indra. One or more bird symbols also often occur on the coins, as does a lion.

Very Fine+, Rare.

Very Fine, Very Rare.

Very Fine, Extremly Rare.

Rudra Simha succeeded his father in AD 1696 and straightaway made significant changes to the coinage: the inscriptions were Sanskrit rather than Ahom, and engraved in Assamese script, and the coins (apart from the half rupees) began to bear the actual date of striking, not a fixed date. The coins also bear a Shaivite invocation. This very rare issue has a special legend describing the King as the Lord of Saumara. Saumara was the name of the eastern-most division of Kamarpura, i.e. upper Assam. The motif of a lion chasing a deer is also not found on any other issue of this ruler. This may well have been the issue prepared for the king's coronation ceremony.

Very Fine, Scarce.

Very Fine, Rare.

Very Fine, Scarce.

The day when king Rudra Simha died, the Barjana Gohan, the eldest son of the deceased sovereign sat on the throne when he assumed the name Shiva Simha. Shiva Simha reign saw predominance of Shaktism. The rupees from the first few years of the reign are all scarce. The rupees dated 1638 differ slightly in the layout of the word Srimat in the top line.

Very Fine+, Scarce.

It is reported that Shiva Simha was heavily influenced by Brahmins and Astrologers at his court and was worried that his reign would turn out to be a short one; therefore, in AD 1722 (Sk. 1644) he declared his queen, Phulesvari to be ruler in his place. A couple of years later her position must have strengthened to the extent that we find her name cited on all the coinage, not just the Mohurs and Rupees, and in such a way that the coins appear to be issued by the queen rather than the king.

Very Fine+, Scarce.

In AD 1726 (Sk. 1648), Queen Phulesvari changed her name to Pramathesvari, another name for Parvati, the consort of Siva. And coins were struck with the new name from that year though, oddly, there are a couple of years when coins were struck in either name.

Very Fine, Extremly Rare.

The striking of some round and square rupees in Persian script indicates the presence of some Mughal influence at court.

Fine, Rare.

Shiva Simha later married Ambika sister of Pramathesvari.

Fine, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.

Shiva Simha again married to Sarvveswari third queen.

Fine, Scarce.

Very Fine, Extremly Rare.

Shiva Simha was succeeded by his brother, Pramatta Simha, whose initial coinage consisted of Rupees in Ahom script with an invocation to the Ahom deity, Lengdon. Thereafter, the coinage reverted to the Assamese-script type exemplified by the earlier coinage of Rudra Simha, and without citing any queen. In fact, from here on, there is no further mention of any queen on the coinage.

Very Fine+, Scarce.

Fine, Scarce.