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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2277495, member: 75799&quot;]Actually I don&#039;t really know how they were transacted or why lead.. I do know that tin has always been a dominant metal in South East Asia.. early Malay archipelago coins use them almost exclusively as opposed to the common bronze, copper and steel. But lead, not sure.. probably because when first minted they may look shiny and attractive as a cheap substitute for silver? Then again, back then people were not aware of the dangers it pose. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of other smaller lead and tin alloyed pieces. Much much smaller and not likely related to the Tennaserim-Pegu series an example as follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one I&#039;m not sure..my source tells me it is very likely an early Indian influenced piece. Tin and possibly some lead. The deer design is much more realistic and we&#039;ll designed as opposed to later stylized local issues. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]454670[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]454671[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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