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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 4057900, member: 82322"]I have never seen a double massa. I have an ordinary silver massa. I also have this tiny "thing":</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1062729[/ATTACH] </p><p>Java, Srivijaya Kingdom, gold 1/16 massa ?, ca.7th-10th century AD, 7mm, 0.14g</p><p>Ref: Millies 132v </p><p><br /></p><p>These are as small as the smallest Greek coins. I don't know how they kept track of them in the rainforest. Fishman calls it a 1/16 massa. Scott Semens just calls it a "gold sombrero". No clue what the real denomination was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 4057900, member: 82322"]I have never seen a double massa. I have an ordinary silver massa. I also have this tiny "thing": [ATTACH=full]1062729[/ATTACH] Java, Srivijaya Kingdom, gold 1/16 massa ?, ca.7th-10th century AD, 7mm, 0.14g Ref: Millies 132v These are as small as the smallest Greek coins. I don't know how they kept track of them in the rainforest. Fishman calls it a 1/16 massa. Scott Semens just calls it a "gold sombrero". No clue what the real denomination was.[/QUOTE]
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