274, Lot: 502. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CEYLON (SRI LANKA). Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (20mm, 4.35 g, 6h). “Lord of Sri Lanka”, king reclining to right, holding aloft an annulet / King standing facing right, holding aloft a globule; altar, flame, conch, pellets, and lotus in fields. Friedberg 1; Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825. Good VF, light deposits, scuff on king’s head on obverse.