| SPECIFICATIONS | ||
| Alloy | Pb | |
| Type | Cast | |
| Diameter | 13.5 mm | |
| Thickness | 1.6 mm | |
| Weight | 1.69 gms | |
| Mint | Ruhuna | |
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Obverse : Elephant to right standing on hind legs with trunk up.
Ground-line defined by Clump of grass. Some indistinct brahami text
above and behind.
Reverse : Floral design with eight large petals and eight smaller
petals in between them, around two concentric circles at center.
OBRW appears not to have recognized the clump of grass defining the ground line.
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.