Item number: A1289

Year: AD 1290-1556

Material: Silver

Size: 29.9 x 28.0 x 26.3 mm

Weight: 63.9 g

Provenance: Teutoburger Münzauktion GmbH 2023

This is a 4-baht silver ingot minted between AD 1290 and AD 1556 by the Lanna Kingdom, located in present-day northern Thailand. The ingot has an unusual appearance, resembling a twisted and folded ring. The inner side features stamped diamond-shaped patterns, while the outer side is adorned with Lanna script and a sun motif.

The Lanna Kingdom, whose name in the Lanna language means “The Land of a Million Rice Fields,” was referred to in Yuan Dynasty Chinese records as the “Kingdom of Eight Hundred Wives.” Its centre of power was located in Chiang Mai, now a major city in northern Thailand. At its zenith, the kingdom’s territory stretched east to the Mekong River, west to the Salween River, south to Tak Province, and north to Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, China.

The kingdom was composed of numerous independent or semi-independent political entities known as “müang”. Lanna began to decline in the 16th century, falling under the domination of the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma, becoming its vassal. In AD 1774, Siam’s Thonburi Kingdom expelled the Burmese forces from Lanna, which subsequently became a Siamese vassal state. This status persisted until AD 1892, when the Bangkok-based Chakri Dynasty officially annexed Lanna into Siam.

物件編號: A1289

年代: 公元 1290-1556 年

材質: 銀

尺寸: 29.9 x 28.0 x 26.3 mm

重量: 63.9 g

來源: 條頓堡錢幣拍賣 2023

這是一枚公元1290至1556年，建立於今日泰國北部的蘭納王國鑄造之4泰銖銀錠。這一個銀錠的外觀非常古怪，看起來像是一個對折扭曲的戒指，於內側有打印菱形花紋，外側則以蘭納文和日輪圖騰作為裝飾。

蘭納王國在蘭納語的意思是「百萬畝的稻田」，中國元朝將其記載為「八百媳婦國」，今天泰國北部的重鎮清邁為其統治中心。王國在巔峰之際，其疆域東達湄公河，西抵薩爾溫江，南至達府，北到雲南的西雙版納，其國內主要由多個稱作「勐」的獨立和半獨立政治實體組成。

蘭納王國在公元16世紀走向衰敗，先是遭到西邊緬甸的東吁王朝征服成為屬國。公元1774年，暹羅的吞武里王朝擊退佔領蘭納的緬甸勢力，蘭納轉而成為暹羅屬國直到公元1892年遭到曼谷王朝正式併吞為止。