Lot 1007

Kingdom of Srivijaya, c. 680-1250, debased AR coins (5) and similar copper issues (5). Such coinage was used in the Malay archipelago between the ninth to thirteenth centuries. Presumably first developed in Java during the Śailendra period before spreading to various locations such as Sumatra and Malay Peninsula. Commonly referred in literature as "sandalwood flower coins" based its reverse design, or "mā coins" based on its observe design. Often inaccurately referred as Majapahit coin, even though common use of this coin predates the founding of Majapahit empire in AD 1293. By the fourteenth century, cash transactions in Majapahit had actually transitioned to Chinese cash coins (Wicks 1986: 44-47, 50-55). Lot of 10 coins, average VF