Could anyone help i.d. thai clay coin - Ancients.info - The Online Resource for Ancient Coins & Antiquities

chilli · Sep 9, 2009, 04:19 AM

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Spradling · Sep 9, 2009, 07:53 AM

A wild guess: the compressed ashes of a holy man's funeral pyre? I once had a small bronze (7") Buddha figure from Thailand which was filled with compressed funeral ashes. Ah, Berkeley in the '60's. Cheers, George Spradling

chilli · Sep 9, 2009, 10:12 AM

Hi,

thanks for the reply.
Interesting idea, they are very hard though.
I remember seeing something like in the Museum at the Grand Palace.
I have seen some of the clay coins on the net and they are the nearest thing to them, pre-Sukothai era. About 1300
Doubt if I am lucky enough to have 2 of those!

cheers
Chilli

Sep 9, 2009, 10:12 AM	#3
chilli Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2	Interesting idea Hi, thanks for the reply. Interesting idea, they are very hard though. I remember seeing something like in the Museum at the Grand Palace. I have seen some of the clay coins on the net and they are the nearest thing to them, pre-Sukothai era. About 1300 Doubt if I am lucky enough to have 2 of those! cheers Chilli

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Sep 9, 2009, 07:53 AM	#2
Spradling Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 59	A wild guess: the compressed ashes of a holy man's funeral pyre? I once had a small bronze (7") Buddha figure from Thailand which was filled with compressed funeral ashes. Ah, Berkeley in the '60's. Cheers, George Spradling