Calculating polygon intersecting area with gArea and gIntersection error in R

Question

I have two polygons

coords1[,1]
-15.99719 -16.01133 -16.04000 -16.08308 -16.14041 -16.21175 -16.29681 -16.39525 -16.50668 -16.63064 -16.76664 -16.91413 -17.07