Coins from South and Southeast Asia through the Ages

Thought it was time to start another topic thread. To kick it off, let's start with India:

Danish India, Tranquebar: Frederik III (1648-1670) AE 2 Kas (UBJ 142; Gray 106; KM#111)

Obv: Crowned F3 monogram, with date around - ANO 1667
Rev: Crowned Norse lion on curved battle-axe

 As previous topic, all I see is a small icon … 

Nawabs of Arcot: Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1752-1795) Æ Paisa (KM# 23; Mitchiner 3734; Jeyaraj 10)

Obv: Persian legend - والا بي سنه ١٢٠٨ هجر (Walla - Hegiri year 1208 AH )
Rev: Persian legend - فلوس ضرب اركات (Falus - Struct at Arkat)

Oh, there is one I want to share here. Photos are not great but still…

Nayaks of Madurai: Anonymous Æ Kasu (1630-1730)

Obverse: Lion to right

Reverse: Kannada words “Sri Vira”

It was a pain to identify, bought it with a local seller who had no idea what it was, before the covid.

Made an ID thread here that took a while to be answered.

But I've found an answer here: https://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=19751.0

Quant-Geek, I think I never said thanks to you for creating that topic, the ID of my coin was only possible thanks to it.

Thanks! Glad that thread helped. I really need to get back to documenting the whole series. So many variations and not clearly understood in Western literatures, including Mitchiner. One of these days, once my work load reduces…

Madurai Nayakas: Anonymous (1601-1736) Æ Kasu (MCSI2-852)

Obv: Elephant facing right
Rev: Telugu legend in two lines - శ్రీ వీర (Sri Vira)

ZacUK

 As previous topic, all I see is a small icon … 

 

 Today looked again and the picture is now alright. 

Let me participate with a type representing the dutch influence on ceylon. For me it is at first an uncommon face value and i couldn't resist to buy this upgrade.

completly different, unimportand but with a good design: modern commemoratives from singapur:

Quant-Geek

Thanks! Glad that thread helped. I really need to get back to documenting the whole series. So many variations and not clearly understood in Western literatures, including Mitchiner. One of these days, once my work load reduces…

 

 

What about writing a catalog book of your own? South India coinage looks kind of a poorly charted territory in Western catalogues.

Your book certainly would be of a great help in the future, just like your threads.

Look at the trouble I had at that time: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic79165.html.

Don't know even if the people who helped me are still here on the site. Ah, and my knowledge was not the same as today. The good about being generalist in coin collecting is that there's always something new to learn.

Ah, interesting coin you have there Stefan.

Indeed it's not everyday you see a coin with a big 192 in the middle. At most it's a 3 or 4 or 1/24.

Giobruno

Quant-Geek

Thanks! Glad that thread helped. I really need to get back to documenting the whole series. So many variations and not clearly understood in Western literatures, including Mitchiner. One of these days, once my work load reduces…

 

 

What about writing a catalog book of your own? South India coinage looks kind of a poorly charted territory in Western catalogues.

Your book certainly would be of a great help in the future, just like your threads.

 

Look at the trouble I had at that time: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic79165.html.

Don't know even if the people who helped me are still here on the site. Ah, and my knowledge was not the same as today. The good about being generalist in coin collecting is that there's always something new to learn.

 

 

Ah, interesting coin you have there Stefan.

Indeed it's not everyday you see a coin with a big 192 in the middle. At most it's a 3 or 4 or 1/24.

I have certainly thought about it! There are several sections I would definitely start off with first, namely, the Cheras, Cholas, and Pandyas. It goes downhill quite fast from there. It is one of several books I have planned in multiple disciplines, aside from Numismatics.

Sultanate of Bantam, Indonesia: Anonymous (1552-1596) Æ Cash (Millies 112)

Obv: ꦥꦔꦺꦫꦤ꧀​ꦫꦠꦸ (pangéran ratu; Lord King) in Javanese script surrounding hexagonal hole

Rev: Blank
Dim: 9.52g

Stefan0205

Let me participate with a type representing the dutch influence on ceylon. For me it is at first an uncommon face value and i couldn't resist to buy this upgrade.

Dutch influence and Dutch currency (Fractions of Rix dollars), but these coins are entirely British empire (In English for a start), they merely carried on the Dutch currency system until the 1860s when they switched to a decimal rupee.