SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Polonnaruwa period. Lilavati. Queen, 1197-1200; 1209-1210; 1211. AV Kahavanu (20mm, 5.32 g, 5h). King seated right, holding conch shell / Vishnu standing facing, head right, on lotus stem with bulb at right of base, holding flower; altar in left field, five pellets in right. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 838; Friedberg 1. EF, light roughness.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from D. Corrigan, 1974.