2 Pe / 1/2 Fuang - Hamsa with 'Chi'

Cambodia's billon coinage of the 1840s was produced under the reign of Ang Chan II's successors during a period when the kingdom was effectively contested between Siamese and Vietnamese imperial interests. The Hamsa-type pieces circulated in a monetary environment where Chinese, Siamese, and Vietnamese coins all moved through Cambodian markets simultaneously, and locally-struck billon was one of the few indigenous instruments available to the court.

The 'Chi' countermark — a Chinese character — suggests these pieces passed through Chinese merchant networks operating in the Mekong delta trade system.