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1 Massa, Late Majapahit 11-13 Century Ad, Silver

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 Posted 10/18/2017  09:42 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Guybrush to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Coin 1
1-Massa,-Late-Majapahit-11-13-Century-Ad,-Silver
1-Massa,-Late-Majapahit-11-13-Century-Ad,-Silver
Coin 2
1-Massa,-Late-Majapahit-11-13-Century-Ad,-Silver
1-Massa,-Late-Majapahit-11-13-Century-Ad,-Silver

These are silver coins, and I read somewhere on the internet that it's from the late Majapahit Kingdom. Unfortunately I forgot where the site is.. The guy compared several kinds of Majapahit coins, and a few other kingdoms, even prehistoric barter medias from around Indonesia, iirc.

The concave obverse has a square incuse mark, a flower with 4 petals (forgot what flower -- wish I could find that site again!), while the reverse depicts.. uh.. some symbols related to the kingdom iirc (again, wish I could find that site again!).

The weight of my Massa coins really vary: 2.50, 2.36, 2.28, 1.84, and 1.57 grams.

The seller claimed that the coins were dug from the ground. He also showed me larger silver coins from the kingdom era.. maybe if I have more money I'll buy them too! They're all awesome coins.

The first one is the best one (1.84 grams) with the best strike (even with a slight tinge of metallic silver). My other coins have weaker strikes. The second one is the heaviest I have (2.50 grams)
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10/18/2017 09:44 am
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Very nice! I have only seen these at auction once, but didn't win.

I like the Incuse punch in the back - could easily be confused with an archaic Greek coin!
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