447, Lot: 639. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. “Sri Lamka Vibhu”. Circa 990-1070. Pale AV Kahavanu (20mm, 4.41 g, 12h). King seated right, holding open lotus; śri/lamka/vibhu in Nagari / King standing facing, head right, holding lotus bud or bowl. Cf. Codrington 48; cf. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 825-825a (both refs for type). Bright surfaces, traces of deposits in devices. VF.