World Silver & Bronze Coins -Crusader Coins - S
Lot 4720 SESSION 18 (2.30PM FRIDAY 31ST MARCH) World Silver & Bronze Coins -Crusader Coins - S
Estimate $80
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SOLD $110
MALAYSIA, attributed to Malacca, Sultan Mansur Shah (1459-1477), tin pitis (cash), Palembang (?) mint, obv. Shi Dan Li Bao or Zhong Dan Li Bao in Hanz, rev. blank, (Zeno 5443, CNG eSale 289 [lot 502]), otherwise unpublished. Extremely fine with grey patina.
In a slab by Penggredan Numismatik Malaysia as EF 40.
Hang Li Po first appears in the Malay Annals as a Chinese princess sent to be the fifth bride of sultan Mansur Shah of Malacca. However, there is no reference to this event in official Ming documents. Li Po may merely be a beautiful concubine given to the Sultan. Alternatively, she may be the daughter of an otherwise unknown Chinese ruler in the area, to whom this coin may perhaps be attributed. (CNG comment).
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