Woman’s finds 11th century Port. medallion in shark’s stomach
A Malaysian woman said she found a 11th century medallion in a fish she bought at the Fish market.
Suseela Menon, 47, a resident of Klebang town in the state of Malacca, was preparing and cleaning the fish when she found the antique, reports the Times Live.
The medallion was apparently used by 16th century Portuguese soldiers as a good luck charm. Portugal colonized Malaysia in 1511.
“My husband feels it is a blessing for the family to have a medallion coming to our home from beneath the sea,” she told the Star newspaper. “We will always cherish it,” she told the newspaper.
The newspaper reports that a local historian in Malacca said the profile could be that of Queen Elizabeth, the wife of King Denis I of Portugal during his reign from 1271 to 1325.
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