Lot 3718

Description

Indonesia, Srivijaya Kingdom, (c680-1250 A.D.), gold larin as a twisted gold ingot (2.35g, one mas weight or twenty rattis), another gold massa of twenty rattis with sesame design (2.47g) (illustrated), others of five rattis (0.66, 0.48g resp. cross and sesame seed types), another 2.5 rattis (0.26 and 0.28g sandalwood design), others 8 pieces total weight 0.75g each a 1/32nd of a massa and of scyphate design), (Mitchiner, South East Asia p.212-218, these above issues are unlisted). Fine - very fine. (15)

This group and the following lot seems to come to us as a hoard and worthy of further research.