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| 表面の銘文 | मा |
| 裏面の説明 | The reverse features a recessed incuse square centrally placed within the field, enclosing a stylized four-petaled floral motif identified as the sandalwood flower (genus Santalum). The petals are rendered symmetrically within the incuse depression, creating a striking contrast between the sunken geometric border and the organic floral design. The execution is characteristic of medieval Indian punch-marked coinage, with the incuse square applied by a separate punch. The surrounding field is largely plain, with the irregular flan boundary typical of hammered issues of this era. |
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The masa was a unit of weight before it was ever a coin — rooted in the Sanskrit māṣa, a seed-weight measure used across South and Southeast Asian trade networks for centuries before any mint formalized it in silver. Whether the pieces attributed to this broad classification were struck by a single authority or represent accumulated issues from competing port polities along the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra remains genuinely contested among specialists.
The HCM reference range covers a span of five centuries, which alone signals how much remains unresolved about attribution and sequencing.