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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 3559052, member: 102653&quot;]I&#039;ve also heard that they were used to barter. An Indonesian coin dealer out of Palembang told me that they were locally called &quot;medium barter&quot; and I&#039;ve also found &quot;media barter&quot; online. I understand that and it&#039;s well established for items such as the large ingot coins that their value was essentially their weight, but that leaves me wondering about <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-srivijaya-tiny-indonesian-tin-animal-coins.336289/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-srivijaya-tiny-indonesian-tin-animal-coins.336289/">the very small tin coins that are around a half gram of tin</a>. I&#039;ve been working on some research about Srivijaya coins, specifically the tin issues. Can I use your picture if I credit you? And also did you potentially have any links or anything else to any of the other buffalo coin auctions?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are typically called Namo currency but it is disputed about where they came from. I believe that they come from Malaysia peninsula. <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces69918.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces69918.html" rel="nofollow">Numista has a listing for them</a> that attributes them to the Srivijaya. They appear more silver washed than yours. According to Numista which cites Dr. Michael Mitchiner, the coin may have originated from the &quot;Kalah Kingdom&quot; which appears to be the Kedah Kingdom from c. 634 - 1136 CE. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Namo coinage is also mentioned by Scott Semans on his <a href="https://www.coincoin.com/seXX4.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincoin.com/seXX4.htm" rel="nofollow">Southeast Asia Ethnographic Money</a> page. Semans, again citing Mitchiner, suspects the coins originate from the Kedah Kingdom and dates them to the early 8th C. through late 10th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mitchiner is the leading source on much of the little-known currencies from this era so without seeing any further research suggesting otherwise I would call these issues from the Kedah Kingdom. Can I use your photo with credit in any research that I&#039;ll post here on CoinTalk or elsewhere? I want to make a brief summary of Srivijaya coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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