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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: 5148

(x) Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Anonymous (c.960-1214), gold Pala (Quarter-Kahavanu), 1.12g, Type II (var), standing figure holding a trisul (trident), rev. adahanda above legend, a stylised form of Lakshmi in Devanagiri (Codrington 59 var; Mitchiner, Southern India, part 2, -), this type unlisted in Codrington, but his coin 59 (described as double adahanda type) appears very similar, see Lakdiva Sri Lankan coin website for a coin of this type: (https://coins.lakdiva.org/medievalgold/p2_trisula_ada_au.html), small flan crack but otherwise good very fine and very rare

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Sold for
£1,100

Starting price
£140