A Malaysian icon. Patani-Kelantan. Gold kupang. Circa 16th -17th century AD.

Obv: Humped deer or bull facing left with the sun and moon in the background. Very rare variety with the tail pointing down. 10mm. 0.6g

Rev: Al-Adil

The area of what is now southern Thailand and the Malaysian state of Kelantan was once an independent Islamic Sultanate. This design of the hump bull or a deer bears strong Southern Indian Vijayanagar influences mixed in with Islamic elements. This iconic coin was adopted as the current official logo of the National Bank of Malaysia.

 

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AWESOME!! ... now you're talkin'!!

=> very cool coin, Loong-S (congrats)

wow, thanks for bringing such interesting coins to the site lately (good stuff)

 

Thanks @stevex6 .. I have a poor collection of ancient Greek or Roman pieces.. best I can contribute is on coins from the other side of the world that was scarcely heard or known of

 

I like it => hey, it's a whole new animal-coin feeding-ground!!

 

Haha.. Yeah, need to dig back my pics for animal themed coins..

 

Since we are on the subject of animals, here's something from the area too. Although it is modern..

Singapore merchant trade tokens (Keping). Early 19th century.

 

Ahaha => hey, thanks for the rooster-coin lead, my friend (it is very cool)

cheers

 

I believe the aimal is actually a barking deer.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_muntjac

 

Possibly. Some had sharp horns too.

 

I like that rooster. Well done for the early 19th century.

 

Yeah.. these trade tokens employed western minting technology early. And it is interesting to see a common or mundane animal like a rooster on coins