Lot 364
IK Jaintiapur Ram Simha II SE 1712 Silver Rupee
Auction # 27 Lucknow (Online)
- Estimated Price (INR)
- 12000 - 15000
- Opening Bid -
- Catalog Reference #
- similar to Zeno # 134854, KM # 206
- Metal Composition
- Silver
- Lot Grade/Condition
- very fine
- Diameter
- 29.42 mm
- Weight
- 8.64 gms
- Denomination
- Rupee
- Calendar/Year
- SE 1712-1754, 1790-1832 AD
Independent Kingdoms, Jaintiapur, Ram Simha II (SE 1712-1754, 1790-1832 AD), Silver Rupee, 8.64 gms, 29.42 mm, SE 1712, Obv: Sri Sri Si/va Charana Ka/mala Madhu Ka/rasya and a six-pointed star, Rev: Sri Sri Ja/yantipura Pu/randarasya Sa/ke1712, Ram Simha II, also known as Ram Singh Syiem Sutnga II, was one of the later rulers of the Jaintia Kingdom, which was centered in present-day Sylhet, Bangladesh. He reigned approximately from 1790 to 1832, during the final decades of the kingdom’s independence. Jaintiapur, serving as the capital, was the political and economic hub where he issued coins such as silver rupees and tankas. His reign represents the closing chapter of the Jaintia Kingdom before it was annexed by the British East India Company in 1835, firmly linking Ram Simha II to the city of Jaintiapur as its ruling monarch, similar to Zeno # 134854, KM # 206, very fine, very rare.