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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3242205, member: 82322&quot;]You folks might feel this coin is modern.&nbsp; It is handmade and my oldest lead coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848902[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sumatra, Jambi (Djambi) Sultanate, tin-lead, 1.38g pitis 22mm, Sri Pangeran Ratu, early 1600s</p><p>Javanese inscription <i>Sri Pangeran Ratu</i></p><p>cf. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=195611" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=195611" rel="nofollow">Zeno 195611</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins like these were cast in an alloy of lead and tin, in Chinese shapes, with Javanese inscriptions, by several sultanates in what is now Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.&nbsp; This one is probably from Sumatra.&nbsp; There are also examples with Chinese characters and &quot;Malay Arabic&quot; characters.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought about posting this coin for the thread on Dead Languages but of course Javanese is far from dead, with 82 million native speakers in Indonesia.&nbsp; If you are having trouble deciphering the coin follow the link to the Zeno example which renders it in modern Javanese style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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