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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TuckHard, post: 4678489, member: 102653&quot;]Just like my reply to this thread, these Javanese coin showcasing an incused quadripartite appeared long, long after the Greek coins before them. The coinages that appeared in the maritime Southeast Asian kingdoms of Java and Sumatra around 800-1200 CE appear to have been indigenous inventions that coincidentally shared many geometric patterns and motifs with the very early Greek and related European coinages. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1152089[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Mataram Kingdom of Java</p> <p style="text-align: center">Present-day Indonesia</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 800-850 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Massa | 2.44 grams | 12mm wide</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Nagari script <i>ma</i> character, early type</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1152092[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Unsure East Javanese Kingdom</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 930-1300 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Debased Massa</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Nagari script <i>ma</i> character, late type</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1152093[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Srivijaya Kingdom of Sumatra</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 800-1300 CE</p> <p style="text-align: center">AV 1/16 Massa | 0.15 grams | 5mm wide</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Incused quadripartite with sandalwood flower</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rev: Nagari script <i>ma</i> character, Sumatran type</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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