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88 Rati - Hamsavati Kingdom
| Issuer | Hamsavati Kingdom |
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| Year | 500-600 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a seated figure in profile, rendered in high relief in the archaic Mon style, surrounded by a prominent beaded border encircling the entire flan. The figure appears to be a deity or royal personage shown in a cross-legged posture with clearly articulated torso. An inscription in Mon script runs along the upper periphery within the beaded border. The die work is characteristic of early Hamsavati hammered coinage of the 6th century. |
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| Obverse script | Mon |
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The Hamsavati Kingdom, centered on the Mon city of Pegu in lower Burma, issued bent-bar silver coinage as part of a broader tradition of punchmarked and relic-deposit currency shared across early mainland Southeast Asia. These pieces functioned less as everyday transactional currency and more as ritual and prestige objects, frequently recovered from stupa deposits rather than occupation layers — which explains why specimens often survive in better condition than their age suggests.
The rati weight standard links this piece to Indian metrology transmitted through Buddhist trade networks rather than any indigenous Burmese system.