Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika
6 Comps, 7 Branch dot - AntiClockwise

A circular copper-lead coin with a tree with Seven branched each ending with triple dot within enclosure of Six compartments on obverse and a railed svastika revolving to left (anticlockwise) on the reverse.

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyCu-Pb?
TypeCast ?
Diameter15.4 mm
Thickness1.8 mm
Weight1.9 gms
ShapeRound
DieAxisO°
 tree06c7bd_lsva_obverse tree06c7bd_lsva_reverse
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Obverse : A tree with Seven branches each ending with 3 dots (leaves) within enclosure of six compartments in two rows of three each Symbols if any on eitherside indistinct. All in a circle of dots partly visible.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to left (anti-clockwise) in a circle of dots partly visible.

This is one variety of many coins of this type.

The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi. It was obtained in 2000 August 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.