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Indonesia, Pre-Islamic Kingdoms. 800-1200. Billon 1 Masa 'sandalwood flower coin' Sumatra (about 1.4g; about 12.5mm). O./ Impressed letter Mā in Nāgarī script मा. R./ Incuse square and a four petaled flower design identified as the Sandalwood flower (genus Santalum). HCM# 128-131. $20 each

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Silver coinage used in the Malay archipelago between the ninth to thirteenth centuries. Presumably first developed in Java during the aeailendra period before spreading to various locations such as Sumatra and Malay Peninsula. Commonly referred in literature as "sandalwood flower coins" based its reverse design, or "mā coins" based on its observe design. Often inaccurately referred as Majapahit coin, even though common use of this coin predates the founding of Majapahit empire in AD 1293. By the fourteenth century, cash transactions in Majapahit had actually transitioned to Chinese cash coins (Wicks 1986: 44-47, 50-55)