Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 7647883, member: 102653&quot;]The leading power of Java (present-day Indonesia) was the Mataram Kingdom (alt called Medang, Shailendra, others) who built the great Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist place of worship in the world. They inhabited Central Java in the holy volcanic valleys for centuries until a great eruption of Mount Merapi in or around 929 AD made the lands completely uninhabitable. The kingdom abandoned their homelands entirely and shifted to the river valleys of East Java in response where they existed for another century and were apparently quite successful until civil war split the kingdom. The following kingdoms and dynasties all minted the same silver coins, indistinguishable between issuers, as a type of regional currency. My coin is from the East Java period, c. 930 to 1300 AD. Perhaps the most famous of all Indonesian powers, and certainly of Java, were the Majapahit who rose in East Java in the 1200&#039;s. They quickly abandoned the native silver coins for imported Chinese copper cash coins which had less value per coin than the silver pieces, and thus were more readily useful for day-to-day market activity.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1314940[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">Buddhist and Hindu Kingdoms of East Java</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 930 to 1300 AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Kupang (1/4 Massa) | 0.59 grams | 10mm wide</p> <p style="text-align: center">Scyphate (cup-shaped) flan</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Sandalwood flower motif</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Nagari script <i>ma</i> character, deformed in usual East Javanese style</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>Next: Another kingdom/dynasty that was faced with a disruptive natural disaster[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in