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# 290Rupee SE 1651 RY 15 Siutanpha / Shiva Simha with Queen PramatheshvariIndia C Indep. Kingdoms - Assam
India – Assam – Ahom Kingdom – Siutanpha / Shiva Simha (1) (SE 1636-1666 / AD 1714-1744) with Queen Pramathesvari (SE 1639-1653 / AD 1717-1731). Square Rupee SE 1651 RY 15 (AD 1729), Mint: Gargaon, Silver (ø 18x19 mm – w. 11.49 g.). Edge: plain. Rhodes-Bose I14.1. Mitra 95. Mitchiner 2471. KM 75.

Obverse:
Persian legend. Couplet with the names of the King and the Queen (from top to bottom: Shah / Shiva Singh / Sikkah / Zad Cho Mihr / hokam Begum Pramatheswari / Shah = Shah Shiva Singh struck coin like the Sun by order of Begum (2) Pramathesvari Shah).

Reverse:
Persian legend. Mint name and Julus formula (from bottom to top: Zarb Gurgaon / Sanah 15 Julus / Maimanat Manus = struck at Gargaon, (in the) year 15 (of his) reign associated with prosperity). Date (1651) at bottom right. Winged Lion to rihgt at bottom left.

Note:
A hoard with 103 square rupees dated SE 1651 was found in 1903 near Gargaon.

(1) Ahom and Hindu name of the King.
(2) Honorific: a Muslim woman of high rank in India or Pakistan, could also mean Queen.

Metallographic analysis:
Ag 97 % / Cu 3 %
(Examination performed using an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (EDXRF), model Fischersope XAN-FD, on the coin’s surface (ca 100 microns depth) without any mechanical preparation).

Provenance:
Coins-East, United Kingdom, April 2009.

Literature:
Krause C. and Mishler C. – Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800 – Krause Publications, 3rd Edition, Usa, 2002.
Mitchiner M. – Oriental Coins and their values / Non-Islamic States and Western Colonies / AD 600-1979 – Hawkins Pub., London, 1979.
Mitra Anup – Coins of Ahom Kingdom – Published by Mahua Mitra, Calcutta, India, 2001.
Rhodes N.G and Bose S.K. – The Coinage of Assam / Volume II Ahom Period – Published by Mira Bose, Kolkata-India, 2004.