Lot 1045

Sumatra, barter ingot currency, tin keloh (17.43 g.), same 60.73g. + AE keloh (16.25 g., Mitchiner (Non-Islamic States #2610-16; South East Asia p 28-31) presents examples from South India to Japan, including several in lead, and two moulds. He mentions a find site of Sawankhalok, Thailand, which was known to have extensive trade relations with the old Majapahit Kingdom on Java (Indonesia), where they were called "keloks", meaning curved, and are referred to as money. Wicks (MM&T 1992 p 167) quotes Wolters, "For trade dealings in clothing and food Gulf of Thailand c. 1200 AD". In the Kohler-Osbar collection (1993 Band II/2) similar pieces are described as "ring money from the Lavapura Kingdom, Thailand, 1050-1350 AD". Lot of 3 pieces, VF