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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1784609, member: 44140&quot;]Purchased for cheap.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The City States of Pyu. Ancient Burma.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I remember reading somewhere that Ancient Burma had coins! In my attempt collect at least one coin of each ancient empire, I moved eastward having recently picked up some Chinese and Indian coins, Indo-China just seemed to make sense as the next place to stop and look for ancient empires with coins. I used to think that all Far Eastern empires cast coins in the style akin to the Cash of China and that is true for Vietnam and Japan but not for Burma or Thailand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin I picked up is a large full unit with a hole. Struck in the walled city of Srikshetra. The coin is the largest denomination known for the series. These coins are very rare and are often holed as they were worn as amulets, or carried about on strings. The use of coins fell out of use in the 9th century and did not resume until the 17th century.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>These full unit coins are quite large and heavy and of high purity silver, uncommon in the world at the time. Judging by the weight of the coin and diameter it is assumed that the coin represented 96 Ratti (a seed of a flower in India) and is an earlier issue as the weight of 11 grams declined to about 9 grams in the 9th century. All these coins are rare.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Burma,</p><p>The States of Pyu, The City of Srikshetra</p><p>AR Full Unit s. 632-835 AD</p><p>33 mm x 10.60 g</p><p>obverse: Bhadrapitha Symbol. A Drum tied in the center with diadems.</p><p>reverse: Srivatsa symbol (the Temple of Sri, fertility goddess) with sun and moon above, conch shell on the right and thunderbolt to the left.[ATTACH=full]286382[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Note: Obverse is right image Reverse is left image.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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