Ancient Asian Thai Burma Myanmar Pegu Mon Dvaravati Kingdom Bull Ox Coins

Here is an ancient mixed Silver Dvaravati or Mon (people of Pegu kingdom) coin from Thailand. 

Obverse :   Bull with Palava inscription.

Reverse :  whale (sea fish) below, moon and sun below above the  trident (vishnu weapon )

Material :  mixed silver

Condition : good

Date :  5 - 6th century

Size :  30 mm. in diameter.

Weight : 17 grams.

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Antique Thai Siam Dvaravati Mon Silver Bronze Coins Coinage Money Sanskrit

Antique Thai Siam Dvaravati Mon Silver Bronze Coins Coinage Money Sanskrit

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This item is an ancient   Dvaravati coins,  from Dvaravati kingdom (6th-11th century.), 

the former Thailand or Siam' s kingdom. 
This style (water jar in obv. and Sanskrit inscription in rev. (thick)) is very special and very rare to found.  
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Condition : used, very good. 

Obv.   Buranaklod (water jar) with ivy come out from inner the jar.
Rev.    Pallava - ancient Sanskrit script, can read as "Sri Dvaravati Savarapunya", which means "the merit of King Dvaravati"

Date :  1100 - 1400  B.E.
Material  : mixed (silver - Bronze)
Size : dia. 24 mm.

Weight : 11.3 grams.

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Dvaravati king (6th-11th AD.)

With the decline of the Funan Kingdom (1th-6th AD.), several kingdoms declared their freedom and independence. They alternated at being the dominant power in the area. Including,the regions around the central Chao Phya River basin such as Nakhon Pathom, Rajburi, Supanburi etc. They had become the important cities and formed themselves into the consolidated kingdom known as the Kingdom of Dvaravati in the 6th century AD. They also alternated at being the dominant power in the area and continued to follow the religious beliefs and administrative systems that had been adopted from India, and meantime, were influenced by Khmer cultures and beliefs. The Dvaravati Kingdom produced many types of coins as a medium in trade. They revealed, through the designs on the coins, symbols of monarchy and the power of the state, the beliefs of Buddhism and the Bhramin religion.

Samples are coins inscribed with the large conch, the small conch, the rabbit on a lily leaf, and the goat, with a row of fish eggs decorating the outer edge. On the reverse side is the Sriwatsa symbol flanked by mohout’s hooks, with the sun and moon on the top and fish at the bottom. In addition, there are flat coins on one side. On some of these coins appeared the features ofBuranaklod (water jar), the Dhama wheel and a cow. On the reverse side of the coins are the ancient Sanskrit script.

Ancient Asian Thai Burma Myanmar Pegu Mon Dvaravati Tin Coins Horse inscript

Here is an ancient tin alloy  Pegu coin of  Mons people in Dvaravati period. Mons had migrated  from southern Myanmar into the central region of Thailand (Dvaravati Kingdom at that time) and had brought the coins with them. 

Thus found this type of Pegu coin  in the Dvaravati region . 

Obverse :  a horse in a plan circle inside dot circle.

Reverse :  Sun, moon and Pallava script in plan circle.

Material :  Tin alloy

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Ancient Asian Thai Burma Myanmar Pegu Kingdom Mon Silver Conch (Sankh) Coin Money Currency

ANTIQUE SILVER  MON PEGU DVARAVATI COIN

Ancient Asian Thai Burma Myanmar Pegu Kingdom Mon Silver Conch (Sankh) Coin Money Currency.

This auction for an ancient silver Mon (people of Pegu kingdom) coin. Mons had migrated due towar from southern Myanmar into the central region of Thailand (Dvaravati Kingdom at that time) and had brought the coins with them. Thus found this type of Pegu coin  in the Dvaravati region .  

OBverse :  a small conch shell in a circle of dots .

Reverse :   Srivatsa (temple) , Vachara (Hindi weapon) inside, moon and sun below.
Material :  Silver
Condition : good

Date :  5 - 6th century

Size :  22 mm. in diameter.
Weight : approx. 8.6 g.  

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Pegu Kingdom

Lower Burma was an independent political entity from 1287 to 1539 (Mon Dynasty, capital first at Martaban, then at Pegu), and again 1550-1553 and 1740-1757.
In 1539 and 1553 subjected by the Toungoo Dynasty (Burma). Pegu served as the capital of Burma 1553-1640, but then the capital was moved to Ava, further up the Irawaddy River. In 1740 Lower Burma rebelled and Pegu again served as capital, until it was finally conquered by King Alaungpaya, the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty (Burma).
From 1852 to 1886 Lower Burma, now under British rule (Bengal Presidency), again was separated from Upper Burma.
Western sources of the 18th and 19th century rarely use the term Burma, much more frequently Pegu and Ava.