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MALAY ARCHIPELAGO, Islamic Sultanates. Sumadra-Pasai. Abdallah I. AH 781-circa 803 / AD 1379-circa 1400 . AV Mas (11mm, 0.51 g, 6h). Leyten SP 9b; Millies –; Mitchiner, South 746; Mitchiner, Non-Islamic –. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from Irving Goodman, October 1983.
In Sumadra-Pasai and Acheh, the mas was a coin based on the Indian standard and weighing about 0.6 grams. Elsewhere in the region, the Chinese standard dominated, and a coin of this weight would be referred to as a kupang, one fourth of a mas (Leyten p. 204-9).
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Purchased from Irving Goodman, October 1983.
In Sumadra-Pasai and Acheh, the mas was a coin based on the Indian standard and weighing about 0.6 grams. Elsewhere in the region, the Chinese standard dominated, and a coin of this weight would be referred to as a kupang, one fourth of a mas (Leyten p. 204-9).