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Kyat - Bodawpaya Srikshetra Style
| Issuer | Myanmar |
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| Year | 1797 |
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| Value | 1 Kyat |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a Bhadrapitha (sacred pedestal or altar used for the placement of devotional icons), depicted in stylized form with three lamps or flame elements rising above it. The design is rendered in a bold, archaic hammered style characteristic of Burmese coinage of the Konbaung dynasty, with the motif occupying the majority of the irregular flan. The overall composition reflects the Srikshetra artistic tradition, drawing on ancient Pyu iconographic conventions. |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a Srivatsa symbol — an auspicious endless knot motif of ancient Indian and Southeast Asian origin — with a conch shell (sankha) depicted within or immediately adjacent to it. The conch shell is a traditional symbol of royalty and Buddhist sanctity in Burmese numismatic iconography. Both devices are rendered in the characteristically bold and somewhat abstract hammered style of Konbaung-period coinage, consistent with the Srikshetra artistic tradition. |
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| Mint | Kolkata / Calcutta / Murshidabad, India (1757-date) |
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