278, Lot: 538. Estimate $200. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CEYLON (SRI LANKA). Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (22mm, 4.36 g, 6h). “Lord of Sri Lanka,” king reclining to right, holding aloft an annulet / King standing facing, head right, holding globule; altar, flame, conch, pellets, and lotus in fields. Friedberg 1; Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825. Good VF, minor roughness, some die rust on obverse.