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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1992398, member: 44140&quot;]Lying on the trade and pilgrimage route between India and China, the Kingdom of Funan in the 5th and 6th century was a powerful and well respected empire in southeast Asia. They practiced Hinduism and later Buddhism. Coinage in the region seems to have originated in the States of Pyu in Burma covered in another thread I posted. Coinage of the Rising Sun type is thought to have originated in the late 4th century in Northern Burma and they style was traded and eventually standardized in southeast Asia. These are thought to be inspired by contemporary Gupta Empire gold coinage.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356900[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hoard evidence suggests an origin in Pyu but the coins have a scattered distribution through out the region. No rising sun coins have ever been recovered in or neat the capitol of Pyu. Three types are found in pockets through out Cambodia and Vietnam largely concentrated in Thailand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]356903[/ATTACH]</p><p>In the seventh and eighth centuries AD the Kingdom of Funan was integrated in Chenla to the North and invaded by Indonesian kingdoms that wished for a foothold on the Asian mainland. The Kingdom eventually fractured into small weak city states and they eventually became a vassal of the King of Java.</p><p><br /></p><p>After laying in ruins neglected for centuries the vast treasures of the region were ransacked and looted are now dispersed throughout the world. Ooops.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thailand,Cambodia and South Vietnam</p><p>Kingdom of Funan</p><p>AR Full Unit (s.400-550)</p><p>30mm x 9.37 grams</p><p>Obverse: Sun rising over the ocean. Dots inserted into rays, all inside concentric line and dot boarders.</p><p>Reverse: Srivasta Temple left field Swaztika; right field Stylized Drum or royal throne.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]356904[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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