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	Image of
	
	Phra Klang, the Thai god of treasury, at 
	the foyer of the 
						
						Bangkok 
								
				Coin Museum 
	(fig.). 
	He is a kind of guardian angel that guards precious assets and is depicted 
	in royal attire 
	and wearing a 
		      
		      
		      
              chadah 
	(fig.). 
	He typically holds a closed 
	
	
	lotus 
	flower in one hand and a sword in the other, or alternatively a bag of 
	coins. 
				
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