Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika
6 Comps, 5 Branch dot - Clockwise

A circular copper-lead coin with a tree with Five branches each ending with triple dot. within enclosure of six compartments on obverse and a railed svastika revolving to right (clockwise) on the reverse. Weight about 16th of Pana

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyCu-Pb?
TypeCast ?
Diameter12.1 mm
Thickness1.3 mm
Weight0.77 gms
ShapeRound
DieAxisO°
 tree06c5bd_rsvastika_obverse tree06c5bd_rsvastika_reverse
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Obverse : A tree with Five branches each anding in triple dot within enclosure of six compartments in two rows of three each. Symbols on eitherside indistinct.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to right (clockwise). Symbols on eitherside indistinct.

This is one variety of many coins of this type.

The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 500 dpi. It was obtained in December 1999 from Rajah Wickremesinhe an Author and collector in Colombo, Lanka.

Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Page 22 Chapter III - Tree and Svastika - Pl 12 to Pl 15.
* Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilisation Re-visited by Bopearachchi and Wickramasinhe. 1999
  Page 27 Local coins - Tree and Svastika - Pl H.9 to H.17.