448, Lot: 613. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. 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, 3.96 g, 3h). 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). .