| SPECIFICATIONS | ||
| Alloy | Pb | |
| Type | Cast | |
| Diameter | 14.5 mm | |
| Thickness | 1.3 mm | |
| Weight | 1.87 gms | |
| Mint | Ruhuna | |
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Obverse : Deer standing to right, anklers(?) long legs, stubby tail. Indistict symbol above to left.
Reverse : Legend in Brahmi - ga .. ka la pu ta ha
The coloured Artwork of Barking Deer; a realistic representation of the stylised drawing on coin, is by Wildlife Artist Sanjaya Weeratunge.
Obv: Described in OBRW as a Maneless lion, looks more like a Deer as the legs are long relative to body. The square like symbol above is not connected to the stubby tail.
Click here for longer discussion of items from Ancient Ruhuna and links to other Plate coins from this book in the lakdiva collection.
The specimen was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi.
It was obtained in 2016 May from Lalith Raddella in Colombo who had purchased a
selection from Raja Wickramasinghe.