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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 3449891, member: 102653"]<a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=srivijaya&mode=simplifie&p=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=srivijaya&mode=simplifie&p=1" rel="nofollow">Numista</a> has some interesting tin Srivijaya coins listed under their Malay Peninsula section. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin A: Obverse depicts a sitting Buddha who is surrounded on the left and right by incused Chinese script. If anyone can read this please let us know! Reverse shows a raised pentagon with a stylized Devanagari symbol within. Possible script underneath the Devanagari? Coin A weighs 9.51g and is 27.3 mm wide.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]916205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916206[/ATTACH] </p><p>Coin B: Obverse depicts a cross flared into three points on either side. Reverse depicts the same but with a deteriorated die. Coin B is significantly heavier; 17.56 g and measures to 29.4 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]916207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916208[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin C: Obverse shows what the original submitter suggests as "A", "69", "690", a worm, or a snake. Reverse shows a cross, or perhaps a sword. Possible script on left side. Coin C weighs to 6.08 g and is 20.3 mm across.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]916209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916210[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin D: Obverse shows either a fish, turtle, tortoise, or flower. Reverse shows what the submitter proposes is an "e", "p", or a worm. Coin D is significantly thicker than many of the rest and measures to 5.8 mm thick to it's total 10.8 mm diameter. It weighs to 2.20 g.</p><p>3[ATTACH=full]916215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 3449891, member: 102653"][URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=srivijaya&mode=simplifie&p=1']Numista[/URL] has some interesting tin Srivijaya coins listed under their Malay Peninsula section. Coin A: Obverse depicts a sitting Buddha who is surrounded on the left and right by incused Chinese script. If anyone can read this please let us know! Reverse shows a raised pentagon with a stylized Devanagari symbol within. Possible script underneath the Devanagari? Coin A weighs 9.51g and is 27.3 mm wide. [ATTACH=full]916205[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916206[/ATTACH] Coin B: Obverse depicts a cross flared into three points on either side. Reverse depicts the same but with a deteriorated die. Coin B is significantly heavier; 17.56 g and measures to 29.4 mm. [ATTACH=full]916207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916208[/ATTACH] Coin C: Obverse shows what the original submitter suggests as "A", "69", "690", a worm, or a snake. Reverse shows a cross, or perhaps a sword. Possible script on left side. Coin C weighs to 6.08 g and is 20.3 mm across. [ATTACH=full]916209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916210[/ATTACH] Coin D: Obverse shows either a fish, turtle, tortoise, or flower. Reverse shows what the submitter proposes is an "e", "p", or a worm. Coin D is significantly thicker than many of the rest and measures to 5.8 mm thick to it's total 10.8 mm diameter. It weighs to 2.20 g. 3[ATTACH=full]916215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916217[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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