Mysterious jambiya

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Andreas

Motan, I notice you had the answer to Kubur’s question ahead of me, but as you are still under probation mine got posted first. It happened to me, and it is frustrating, also a helpful answer may go unnoticed. However, this precaution helps maintaining certain standards.
About the jambiya, I have a couple of questions: what the material the hilt is made of could be? And what are these coin-looking disks with Roman numbers on them supposed to represent? An attempt to imitate Venetian ducats, perhaps?

Dear Motan,
Yes I'm so sorry, I haven't seen your answer. You got the golden ball.
Good question it's a kind of amber. It's not bakelite (I have a jambiya in bakelite and the material is very different).
The coins are copies of Indian / buddhist things. Have a look at Gracie and Elgood, they talk about that.
Best,
Kubur