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Auction: 22113 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 24: Indian and Islamic Coins Featuring 'A Gentleman's Collection of Sri Lankan Coins' - e-Auction
Lot: 5139

(x) Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Anonymous (c.960-1214), gold Kahavanu, 4.32g, type II (var), trident and lotus, standing figure of Ceylon style, palm tree and lamp stand under arm in left field, adahanda (half-moon) above head, holding trident right, three annulets below right, beneath feet a line connecting two conches, rev. figure seated right on an asana (low throne), holding an open lotus, Devanagari legend in right field Sri Lamka Vibhu (fortunate lord of Sri Lanka) (Codrington - , obv. similar to sup. 5, rev. as 48; Mitchiner, Southern India, part 2, -), edge filed above and below standing figure, nevertheless a rare type, about extremely fine



This coin appears to be a Codrington 'type II', although he did not describe this exact variant. His supplementary plate, ill. 5 depicts a coin with a similar obverse, but with no adahanda above the head of the standing figure.
A similar coin was sold at Spink Auction 21117, 26 Jan, 2021, lot 4448 but this had a flower above the head of the standing figure.

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