TENASSERIM-PEGU: Anonymous, 17th-19th century, cast large tin coin (45.69g), Robinson-, Phayre-Plate III.3 (obverse only), 68.5mm; mythical hintha bird facing right, with long tail rising above, extra feathers along its back, and holding an 8-leaf branch in its beak // Burmese ta-weh (for the city of Dawei in Tenasserim Province), broad casting, EF, RR. The reverse was published and its legend read by Elizabeth Moore, "Dawei Buddhist culture: a hybrid borderland," in Myanmar Historical Research Journal, vol. 21 (June 2011).
Estimate: 150-200 USD