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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3449230, member: 82322"]I find the mysterious coins of the Indonesia kingdoms very interesting! If I had local contacts I would consider collecting them seriously. At this time there isn't much published that I have been able to find. I have seen the listings on eBay from sellers in Southeast Asia but without local contacts, which I lack, how would I study the coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have quite a few cash-type tin coins, cataloged according to Frank Robinson's book. Those are all much later than Srivijaya, and date to the Islamic sultanate period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin I suspect is from Srivijaya:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]916118[/ATTACH]</p><p>(seller photo)</p><p>Sumatra, Kingdom of Srivijaya circa 680-1250 AD, later series AR 1/2 unit, 1.29g, 7mm</p><p>Obv: Character "Na"</p><p>Mitchener <i>NISW</i> 3058var (or 3885?); cf. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=133598" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=133598" rel="nofollow">Zeno 133598</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Zeno category for this is <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502" rel="nofollow">SOUTHEAST ASIA</a> » <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1921" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1921" rel="nofollow">Native coins</a> » <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1934" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1934" rel="nofollow">Others</a>. There are only a few coins in that category. There are animals in gold but not in tin. Another category worth looking at is <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502" rel="nofollow">SOUTHEAST ASIA</a> » <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1927" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1927" rel="nofollow">Charms</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3449230, member: 82322"]I find the mysterious coins of the Indonesia kingdoms very interesting! If I had local contacts I would consider collecting them seriously. At this time there isn't much published that I have been able to find. I have seen the listings on eBay from sellers in Southeast Asia but without local contacts, which I lack, how would I study the coins? I have quite a few cash-type tin coins, cataloged according to Frank Robinson's book. Those are all much later than Srivijaya, and date to the Islamic sultanate period. Here is a coin I suspect is from Srivijaya: [ATTACH=full]916118[/ATTACH] (seller photo) Sumatra, Kingdom of Srivijaya circa 680-1250 AD, later series AR 1/2 unit, 1.29g, 7mm Obv: Character "Na" Mitchener [I]NISW[/I] 3058var (or 3885?); cf. [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=133598']Zeno 133598[/URL] The Zeno category for this is [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502']SOUTHEAST ASIA[/URL] » [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1921']Native coins[/URL] » [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1934']Others[/URL]. There are only a few coins in that category. There are animals in gold but not in tin. Another category worth looking at is [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=502']SOUTHEAST ASIA[/URL] » [URL='https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=1927']Charms[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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