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TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-18th century, cast large tin coin (51.34g). EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Asia Start Price:280.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-18th century, cast large tin coin (51.34g). EF
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This item SOLD at 2019 Sep 14 @ 09:33UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-18th century, cast large tin coin (51.34g), Robinson—, Phayre-Plate III.3 (obverse only), 68.5mm, mythical hintha bird facing right, with long tail rising above, extra feathers along its back, and holding a 9-leaf branch in its beak // Burmese ta-weh (for the city of Dawei in Tenasserim Province), bold casting, cast from the same mold as Lot 1866 in this auction, EF, RRR. The reverse was published and its legend read by Elizabeth Moore, "Dawei Buddhist culture: a hybrid borderland," in Myanmar Historical Research Journal, vol. 21 (June 2011).