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Rian Ayu 60

LP Anucha • Wat Pho Ratchaburana, Ratchaburi
1st batch (60th birthday)
B.E 2568
1.5 Inches
Mainstream Artifact

Bio of LP Anucha: click here

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Sacred Craftsmanship

The Rian Ayu 60 was created to commemorate the 60th birthday of LP Anucha Anuchato of Wat Pho Ratchaburana, and carries further importance as the first batch Rian produced by LP Anucha.

Within this first issue, the Lang Liap — smooth-back version occupies a particularly personal position.

LP Anucha personally hand-yanted both the front and reverse of each piece.

Each piece is therefore individually prepared and hand worked; natural variations in casting, surface, patina and the master's handwritten Yant make every example unique.

The photographs are representative only. A piece will be selected at random, and the item supplied may differ slightly from the exact piece shown in the images. 

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Personal Experiences Shared by Luksits

Among followers of LP Anucha, the Lang Liap pieces developed a particular appeal because they allowed a much more direct interaction between master and devotee.

Rather than simply obtaining a finished medal from a temple counter, close followers could seek out a smooth-back example and ask LP Anucha to personally add Yant to it. For these collectors, the handwriting itself became part of the provenance.

This helps explain why the Lang Liap pieces can be difficult to encounter. Those who obtained examples personally inscribed for them often regarded the medals as private devotional pieces rather than ordinary collectibles to be traded later.

Long-standing devotees of LP Anucha frequently include businesspeople, traders and entrepreneurs. Some speak of improved customer relationships, steadier business conditions and greater confidence during periods when important decisions had to be made.

One businessman in Thailand's beauty industry, whose father had followed the older tradition of LP Deang of Wat Khao Bandai-It, described LP Anucha as an important continuation of the spiritual path followed by his family. As his own business developed, he continued carrying LP Anucha's sacred objects and associated them with the stability and opportunities he experienced alongside his own work.

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Summary

The Rian Ayu 60 combines three qualities that make it particularly interesting within LP Anucha's early medal lineage.

It belongs to his first batch Rian and to commemorates his 60th birthday.

And unlike the regular struck reverse, the reverse side was intentionally left untouch  so that LP Anucha could personally work upon the surface.

This example goes further still, carrying his handwritten sacred inscriptions across both the front and reverse.

For the collector, no two such pieces should be expected to correspond exactly. Differences in handwriting, placement and choice of sacred characters reflect the individual nature of the master's work.

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Historical Background

LP Anucha Anuchato was born on 23 August 1964 in Nakhon Pathom Province.

His early relationship with temple life brought him into contact with LP Sanga of Wat Nong Muang, regarded as his principal teacher in traditional Buddhist Wiccha. Through this lineage, LP Anucha developed foundations in sacred Yant, mantra, consecration, protective practices and traditional ritual knowledge.

He first entered the monkhood in B.E. 2527 (1984) at Wat Nong Pho. After spending a period in lay life, he returned to the monkhood on 10 August B.E. 2552 (2009) at Wat Pho Ratchaburana.

His education subsequently developed along two complementary paths: formal Buddhist study and traditional Wiccha. Between B.E. 2556 and 2558 (2013–2015), he completed the Nak Tham sequence while continuing his study of ritual disciplines.

Additional branches of his training are associated with masters including LP Non of Wat Khao Phran Thup, LP Boonkham of Wat Chaiyaphum and LP Od of Wat Bang Muang.

This background is especially relevant to the Lang Liap medal because sacred inscription is not merely ornamental within such traditions. The writing of a Yant forms part of the ritual vocabulary through which a master's inherited Wiccha is expressed.

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Origins of the Materials

The medal itself was struck in copper, one of the traditional metals of Thai Rian production.

Copper offers both durability and sufficient softness for subsequent hand inscription. This becomes particularly important with the Lang Liap version because the smooth reverse was intended to receive the master's own engraved sacred writing.

Fresh copper begins with a comparatively bright reddish tone, but handling, humidity and age gradually alter its appearance. Individual examples may therefore develop deeper reddish-brown areas, darker oxidation or subtle differences around recessed details.

Here, the principal distinction is not an elaborate alloy.

It is what LP Anucha subsequently wrote upon the metal himself.

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Ritual

This Rian Ayu 60 concept creates a different relationship between production and consecration.

The initial striking produced the physical Rian and portrait of LP Anucha. The smooth back, however, remained an open ritual field.

LP Anucha could then personally inscribe sacred characters and Yant upon the medal. In the example shown, his handwork extends beyond the reverse, with additional characters also placed across the obverse around the portrait.

This personal inscription gives the piece a distinctly individual character.

Within traditional Wiccha, Yant are not simply graphic decoration. Particular characters, arrangements and formulae are connected with different teachings and ritual intentions. Their meaning therefore lies not merely in their appearance but in the lineage, recitation and consecration associated with their preparation.

After inscription, the Rian underwent the appropriate blessing and consecration connected with the issue.

For close devotees, this combination of Rian + personal Yant + consecration is precisely what makes this rian desirable.

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Blessings and Effects

The Rian Ayu 60 is regarded as a broad-purpose devotional medal, with its traditional qualities closely reflecting the Wiccha associated with LP Anucha.

Protection and Klaew Klaad concern safe passage, avoidance of harmful situations and greater steadiness when circumstances become difficult.

Baramee and Maha Amnaj concern personal standing, confidence, leadership and the ability to be taken seriously by others.

Metta Maha Niyom concerns goodwill and favourable human relationships — particularly relevant to business owners, salespeople, managers and anyone whose livelihood depends upon dealing successfully with others.

Prosperity and business support form another important aspect. Among followers, this is generally understood as strengthening favourable conditions around honest effort: maintaining customers, recognising opportunities, improving negotiations and encouraging financial stability.

Because the Yanted pieces may differ, experienced collectors also tend to regard each example according to its individual inscriptions rather than assuming that every hand-Yanted medal is completely identical in emphasis.

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Modern Application

The Rian Ayu 60 is particularly suited to someone who values a direct connection with the master rather than simply the rarity of a particular mould.

It can be worn as a principal everyday amulet for work, business, meetings, negotiations, travel and general protection.

For an entrepreneur, the combination of Metta, Baramee and prosperity is naturally relevant to maintaining customers and professional relationships.

For executives and managers, the emphasis shifts towards judgement, authority and steadiness.

For a collector, however, the greatest attraction may be much simpler: LP Anucha personally placed his own ritual handwriting onto the medal.

That makes it as much a record of the master's personal practice as it is a commemorative Rian.

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Physical Details

This example measures approximately 1.5 inches and is struck in copper.

The obverse carries the moulded portrait of LP Anucha in monastic robes within an ornamental Sema-style frame. Unlike an untouched example, numerous hand-inscribed sacred characters are visible around the portrait and across portions of the field.

The reverse is smooth-backed. There is no moulded central Yant or conventional struck reverse composition. Instead, the plain copper surface has been extensively hand-inscribed by LP Anucha with individual sacred characters and ritual markings.

The irregular depth, orientation and spacing of these lines are precisely what distinguish personal handwork from a mechanically repeated design.

The copper retains a warm reddish tone, while the medal has subsequently been fitted into a custom silver casing. The bright casing frames the copper strongly without obscuring the extensive Yant work on either side.

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Recommended Pairing

For business use, this Rian pairs naturally with Nang Kwak, allowing the medal to provide the broader foundation of protection, Baramee and stability while Nang Kwak concentrates upon customer attraction.

For livelihood and sustained resources, Phra Sivali provides a complementary direction.

For professions dependent upon communication, negotiation and persuasion, Salika adds a more specialised emphasis upon speech and Metta Maha Niyom.

Yet because this particular medal has already received extensive personal Yant from LP Anucha, there is no requirement to surround it with numerous other objects. It remains a complete and highly personal piece in its own right.

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Personal Notes

Among first-batch medals, there is an important difference between rarity created by numbers and rarity created by personal intervention.

The Lang Liap belongs more strongly to the second category.

Its smooth reverse was effectively an empty ritual canvas. A devotee could bring the medal before LP Anucha, and the master himself could determine what was written upon it. Consequently, one example need not correspond precisely with another.

Some may carry fewer inscriptions.

Others may be more extensively worked.

This particular piece is especially appealing because both sides have been personally hand-Yanted, leaving LP Anucha's ritual handwriting around his own portrait and across the otherwise plain reverse.

The custom silver casing may provide the finished presentation, but the most important feature remains underneath it:

A first-batch 60th birthday Rian personally transformed by the hand of LP Anucha himself.