Century 3rd BCE. to 1st CE - Lanka
Ruhuna - Elephant and Svastika - Cast
The cast Elephant and Svastika coins are recent finds at Akurugoda
near Tissmaharama in south east Lanka and are thick and rough casts.
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| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Alloy | Copper | |
| Type | Cast |
| Diameter | 14.6 mm |
| Thickness | 2.4 mm |
| Weight | 1.98 gms |
| Shape | round |
| DieAxis | -90° |
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Obverse : Elephant standing right with trunk down in line square within dot circle (partly visible).
Reverse : The railed Svastika revolving right in line square within dot circle (partly visible).
This coin found in Akurugoda is Plate Specimen H.19 in
cataloged in 1999 by Osmund Bopearachchi and Rajah Wickramasinhe
in the book Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilization Re-visited .
Click here for longer discussion
and links to other Plate Specimens from this book in this collection.
The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi.
It is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.
He had purchased a selection from Raja Wickramasinghe.