Skip to main content

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:: CM.291-2006

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:

Entities

Categories

Description

Burma, Province of Nan, c.1615-1768, silver tok, cast with solid cake of silver, with convex base, upper surface flat with slight elipitical indent and piercing at edge (Mitchiner, Non-Islamic, no. 283-4), 60.37g., diam 42 x 37 mm, traces of orange lacquer on lower surface.

Notes

History note: Under Review

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (2006-01-30) by Tye, Robert

Dating

Circa 1615 - 1768

Components of the work

Object Weight 60.37 g

Materials used in production

Silver

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.291-2006
Primary reference Number: 252067
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Monday 28 September 2020 Updated: Thursday 7 December 2023 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252067 Accessed: 2024-03-29 15:55:12

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/252067 |title=One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins: |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 15:55:12|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-252067

More objects and works of art you might like

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:

Accession Number: CM.285-2006

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:

Accession Number: CM.282-2006

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:

Accession Number: CM.283-2006

One of eleven Indian and Burmese coins:

Accession Number: CM.284-2006

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...