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| Issuer | Maritime Southeast Asia |
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| Year | 1000-1300 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A purna kalasha (auspicious overflowing vessel) depicted in low relief at centre, rendered in a schematic, stylised manner consistent with Indianised artistic traditions of the region. The vessel, representing abundance and prosperity, is shown with a broad body and a flared rim, with foliage or floral elements suggesting overflow from the mouth. The flan is irregular and the strike is uneven, leaving portions of the design weakly impressed. No inscription or legend is present on this face. |
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| Mintage | ND (1000-1300) |
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Tin coinage of this type circulated across the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra during a period when regional trade networks were dominated by intermediary polities operating between the major empires of India and China. The Srivijayan sphere, though declining by the eleventh century, had already entrenched tin as the preferred low-denomination exchange medium precisely because the region sat atop some of the world's most productive tin deposits — a geological accident that shaped monetary practice for centuries.