Stater

Beschrijving voorzijde	A sacred conch shell (shankha) depicted in high relief at center, shown in upright position with its characteristic spiral whorl rendered in fine detail at the apex. The shell is flanked by two wing-like lower lobes, conveying a naturalistic yet stylized rendering consistent with early Southeast Asian coinage. The field is encircled by a raised border of large beads forming a continuous pearl or dotted rim around the periphery of the flan.
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Aanvullende informatie	Almost nothing is documented about the specific mint authority or issuing mechanism behind Funan-period silver staters from around the 5th–6th centuries, and scholars continue to debate whether these were struck under direct royal sanction or produced through regional commercial networks serving the overland and maritime trade routes connecting the Indian subcontinent to the South China Sea. Indian metrology almost certainly informed their weight standards.