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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 3990721, member: 102653&quot;]I&#039;ve actually ran across this example in auction results! Here it is from the auction house.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1050670[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These small coins have only been discovered in the port city of Palembang in Sumatra, indicating that they were a local circulation type. They are almost always struck to the quarter massa (called <i>kupang</i>) weight of ~0.6 grams but range from about 0.7-0.5 grams in actuality. Below is a listing by Java Auction that discusses it a bit and after that are some other examples I&#039;ve ran into online. They&#039;re pretty rare and very interesting.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050671[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1050672[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">1 Kupang (1/4 massa)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex. <a href="http://koinkunoantik.blogspot.com/2012/02/media-barter-protoklasik-xxxviii-ikan.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinkunoantik.blogspot.com/2012/02/media-barter-protoklasik-xxxviii-ikan.html" rel="nofollow">Koin Kuno Antik</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1050673[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">1 Kupang (1/4 massa)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex. <a href="http://koinkunoantik.blogspot.com/2014/11/koin-emas-srivijaya-cross-type.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinkunoantik.blogspot.com/2014/11/koin-emas-srivijaya-cross-type.html" rel="nofollow">Koin Kuno Antik</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1050675[/ATTACH]</p><p style="text-align: center">1 Kupang (1/4 massa)</p> <p style="text-align: center">0.70 grams</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex. eBay (<a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/223592434588" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/223592434588" rel="nofollow">tamz_tamz</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also ran across one single &quot;double-unit&quot; weight example, instead of the quarter massa standard of these cross coins, this one is one half massa. The reverse side also appears to show a bit more detail than the smaller kupang coins, but it&#039;s a poor photo. Still very notable though.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1050676[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">1 Atak (1/2 massa)</p> <p style="text-align: center">1.30 grams | 7mm</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex. eBay (<a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/indonesia-2-massa-sumatra-srivijaya-138793462" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/indonesia-2-massa-sumatra-srivijaya-138793462" rel="nofollow">WorthPoint archive</a>)</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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