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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: 5152

(x) Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Anonymous (c.960-1214), gold Pala (Quarter-Kahavanu) (2), standing figure holding an adahanda, 1.05g, a jasmine flower, 1.02g, respectively (type II (2), type III (B), rev. legend a stylised form of Lakshmi in Devanagiri, the first with an open lotus, the second with a conch above, gold Aka, 0.52g, type III, flower / conch type (Codrington 57, 62, 67; Mitchiner, Southern India, part 2, 314, 315), harder to find than the full Kahavanu coins, the first two very fine, the Aka good fine (3)

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£200