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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 8273852, member: 102653&quot;]Not a gold fanam of India, but instead a (very small fractional) gold namo coin of the Malay Peninsula, particularly south Thailand. They are typically attributed to the Srivijaya Empire which held sovereignty over ports of the Malay Peninsula from around 700-1300 AD with varying levels of rule and local conflict. The namo coins of the Srivijaya are particularly controversial, to say the least, amongst the ancient coins of the region. They were at once considered to be authentic, and then later called entirely fake and modern fantasies based on the later baht bullet coins of Thailand, but I think the loose consensus nowadays is that <i>some</i> namo coins are authentic and predate maybe 1500 AD but most were more recently produced, especially the gold issues, probably in the 1900s, by local jewelers and goldsmiths, much like the gold fanams actually. I would look at this piece with a pretty hesitant eye, due to the small size which to my knowledge is undocumented (they&#039;re usually quite a bit bigger). Still worth looking more into, for sure, but hopefully this gives you a bit of a jumping off point![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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