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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2748371, member: 44140&quot;]So some of saw my thread on the development of coinage in Southeast Asia. I briefly touched on the coin type referred to as the Rising Sun. In this thread I will show you an early (and scarce) version of the Rising Sun. These are attributed to Funan AD 200-550. Yet evidence suggests a Burma origin for the RS type. There are also quite a few variations for the Rising Sun. Smaller lighter coins being minted in Cambodia and Vietnam, while thicker 30 mm examples have a large report from Thailand. The largest and thinnest coins are concentrated in two locations. One in Burma and a large deposit (100 or so coins) at the southernmost tip of Thailand and the Malay peninsula. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is really an impressive coin struck on a flat massive planchet of the highest quality silver. The extremely large flan and the heavy weight places this at the beginning of coinage in the region, most likely concurrent with the Pegu Mon coinage originating in the Pyu city state of Beikthano. It is possible that the same &quot;type&quot; was minted independently in distant places linked by maritime trade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Burma, Beikthano, Pyu City States</p><p>(AD 200-350)</p><p>AR Full Unit (96 Ratti)</p><p>33 mm x 9.22 grams</p><p>Obverse: Sun rising over the ocean dots in between rays solid border around. </p><p>Reverse: Srivatsa, sun and moon above - uncertain ancillary symbols.</p><p>Ref: Wicks Class A early transitional type. </p><p>Note: Minty fresh</p><p>Prov: Old Private Collection, Tochigi, Japan</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628884[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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