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1 Masa Sumatra
| Issuer | Pre-Islamic kingdoms |
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| Year | 1100-1300 |
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| Reference(s) | HCM#128-131 |
| Obverse description | Central field bears a single impressed Nāgarī syllable 'Mā' (मा), punched into the flan in relief against a roughly textured hammered ground. The character is rendered in an archaic Nāgarī script consistent with Sumatran epigraphic traditions of the 12th–14th centuries. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, with no additional legend, border, or decorative elements surrounding the inscription. |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features an incuse square occupying the central field, within which a stylized four-petalled floral motif is depicted, identified numismatically as a representation of the sandalwood flower (genus Santalum), a commercially significant plant in the Sumatran trade context. The petals are arranged symmetrically around a central point, rendered in a schematic, punch-die style. The surrounding field is plain and unadorned, consistent with the hammered coinage technique of the period. |
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