fwo_835116 - LAOS - LAN XANG Lat au type “langue de tigre” S.D.
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Lat au type “langue de tigre”
Date: S.D.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 111,65 mm
Weight : 91,08 g.
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Obverse
Obverse description : Motif dit de la “langue” de tigre avec trois symboles du serpent (na).
Reverse
Commentary
Selon Michael Mitchiner, ce Lat au type “langue de tigre” en forme de lingot avec les trois symboles du serpent (na) a été frappé au XVIIe siècle à Ventiane dans le sud du Royaume.
Historical background
LAOS - LAN XANG
(1353-1707)
Lang Xang, also called the Kingdom of a Million Elephants, is a state associated with the Khmer Empire which corresponds approximately to present-day Laos and to the northeast of present-day Thailand. It was founded in the 14th century by Fa Ngum, an exiled child from the court of Angkor. This secures the borders and submits the principalities, and reforms Buddhism. Luang Prabang becomes the capital and spiritual kingdom. Prosperity lasts about 70 years, then plagued by political instability, the kingdom declines. From 1694, the kingdom was dismembered and the last king was proclaimed in 1707.
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