413, Lot: 689. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (20mm, 4.34 g, 9h). King reclining right, holding lotus / King standing facing, head right, holding shell. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Norman Frank Collection.