| SPECIFICATIONS | ||
| Alloy | Pb | |
| Type | Cast | |
| Diameter | 17.1 mm | |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm | |
| Weight | 3.84 gms | |
| Mint | Ruhuna | |
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Obverse : Elephant with tusks standing to right. Moon-symbol above.
Reverse : Legend in Brahmi - gu ta ha
gu Moon-symbol ta swastika ha fish symbol.
The text on this particular coin is retranslated and discussued by Pushparatnam in his 2002 book Ancient Coins of Sri Lankan Tamil Rulers, as Coin 10, Figure 17 on page 55 among line drawings of 11 coins from the OBRW Ruhuna catalog.
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.