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SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (20mm, 4.34 g, 9h). Struck 11th century. Rajaraja reclining to right, holding aloft a sankh shell; to right, Sri/ Raja/ Raja in Devanagari / Rajaraja standing facing right, holding aloft a lotust; altar, flame, and pellets–in–annulets in fields. Mitchiner, South II 318; Sirisena type IIIB; cf. Friedberg 285 (for continental issue). Toned, scrapes and marks. VF.
From the Liggett Collection.
From the Liggett Collection.