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Auction 21117 26 Jan 2021
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Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Nissanka Malla (1187-96), bronze/ copper Kahavanu, 3.93g, standing figure of Ceylon style, holding a flower right, lamp stand under arm in left field and very small second symbol far left, four annulets with a solid bead above in right, rev. figure seated right, holding a conch shell right, Devanagari legend in right field Sri Kale(m) ga La(m) keja (Sri Kalinga Lamkendra) (Codrington 78; Mitchiner, Southern India, part 2, 321), deeply struck on a thick flan, with rougher surfaces than previous lot, but still about extremely fine and rare.
Nissanka Malla was the last king to rule over the whole island from Polonnaruwa. He is famous for much building work and many inscriptions at the capital, as well as leading an attack on the Tamil mainland. He claimed descent from Kalinga, as the inscription on his coins demonstrate. , Out of all the medieval series of this type it is always the coins of Nissanka Malla that are hard to find, and are missing from most collections
Estimate: £150 - £200
Nissanka Malla was the last king to rule over the whole island from Polonnaruwa. He is famous for much building work and many inscriptions at the capital, as well as leading an attack on the Tamil mainland. He claimed descent from Kalinga, as the inscription on his coins demonstrate. , Out of all the medieval series of this type it is always the coins of Nissanka Malla that are hard to find, and are missing from most collections
Estimate: £150 - £200