Very Fine+, Rare.

The death of Rajesvara Simha in 1769 led to a succession dispute between those supporting Rudra Simha's youngest son, Lakshmi Simha, and those supporting Rajesvara's son. In the meantime, power was in the hand of the Borbarua, one of the five councillors of state, who on one occasion, seriously offended the Moamaria Gosain, a caste of Assamese Brahmins who were devotees of Vishnu and bore a grudge against the Ahom rulers. The Moamarias rebelled, captured the Ahom capital, and placed their own king on the throne in the form of Ramakant Simha. A few coins of this king are known and one remains in the Rhodes collection. The Moamaria rebellion was soon quelled and, in 1770, Lakshmi Simha retook possession of the throne and issued some Ahom-legend coins, with their invocation to Pha Lengdon. In his first year, apart from the very rare ahom-legend coins,Lakshmi Simha issued two types of Assamese-legend coins, this one with its Vaishnava invocations and the usual Sivaite type with its invocation to Hara and Gauri. The former may have been issued as an attempt to appease the Moamarias.