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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 5452424, member: 102653"]Very, very nice! I don't have one of these square coins yet but they're very interesting. They're commonly called gold piloncitos, after taking their name from a Philippine numismatic term for a similar and related gold coinage from the Philippine islands. With yours at 2.44 grams, it's spot on weight-wise to a standard massa size. These first appeared in the late 8th/early 9th century, along with a matching silver coin series shown below. This is a really nice example of them! Pretty soon after the gold piloncitos emerged in Central Java they evolved to be more rounded than these early cube types, I'd say that yours can be dated from c. 780-900 AD, give or take a few decades. Curiously, there haven't been any Sumatran/Javanese coins reported from Indian finds. I would wager good money, though, that there were some of these piloncitos taken back to India where they reside today.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1237380[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Mataram Kingdom of Central Java</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 800 - 850 AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Massa | 2.44 grams | 12mm | Slightly cup-shaped flan (scyphate)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Incused sandalwood flower motif</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ref: Ma character in Nagari</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 5452424, member: 102653"]Very, very nice! I don't have one of these square coins yet but they're very interesting. They're commonly called gold piloncitos, after taking their name from a Philippine numismatic term for a similar and related gold coinage from the Philippine islands. With yours at 2.44 grams, it's spot on weight-wise to a standard massa size. These first appeared in the late 8th/early 9th century, along with a matching silver coin series shown below. This is a really nice example of them! Pretty soon after the gold piloncitos emerged in Central Java they evolved to be more rounded than these early cube types, I'd say that yours can be dated from c. 780-900 AD, give or take a few decades. Curiously, there haven't been any Sumatran/Javanese coins reported from Indian finds. I would wager good money, though, that there were some of these piloncitos taken back to India where they reside today. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1237380[/ATTACH] Mataram Kingdom of Central Java c. 800 - 850 AD AR Massa | 2.44 grams | 12mm | Slightly cup-shaped flan (scyphate) Obv: Incused sandalwood flower motif Ref: Ma character in Nagari[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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