303, Lot: 649. Estimate $200. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CEYLON (SRI LANKA), Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (21mm, 4.34 g, 9h). “Lord of Sri Lanka,” king reclining to right, holding aloft a rosette / King standing facing right, holding aloft a double crescent; altar, flame, and annulets-in-pellets in fields. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825. VF.

From the Peter de Vries Collection.