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| Issuer | Srivijaya (Indonesian States) |
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| Year | 1000-1300 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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| Edge | Plain |
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These tiny silver pieces, sometimes called "piloncitos" in older literature though that term more properly belongs to Philippine issues, circulated across the maritime trade networks of the Srivijayan polity at its height. Srivijaya controlled the Strait of Malacca chokepoint, extracting tribute and taxing traffic between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea for centuries — which is precisely why coinage this small existed at all. Fractional denominations served port commerce where larger units would have been impractical for everyday transaction.