446, Lot: 579. Estimate $200.
Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. “Sri Lamka Vibhu”. Circa 990-1070. Pale AV Kahavanu (18mm, 4.41 g, 2h). King seated right, holding lotus bud or bowl;
śri/lamka/vibhu in Nagari / King standing facing, head right, holding open lotus. Cf. Codrington 48; cf. Mitchiner,
Non-Islamic 825-825a (both refs for type). Good VF, reddish earthen deposits.
