Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika
8 Comp. - 5 branch leaf - Clockwise
A circular copper-lead coin with a tree with five branches each ending
with triple leaf within enclosure of eight compartments on obverse
and a railed svastika revolving to right (Clockwise) on the reverse.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Alloy | Cu-Pb? |
| Type | Cast ? |
| Diameter | 14.2 mm |
| Diameter | 14.4 mm |
| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
| Weight | 2.49 gms |
| Shape | Square |
| DieAxis | O° |
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Obverse : A five branched tree within enclosure of eight compartments in
two rows of four each. The end of branch which is visible three leaves
each of which seems to split into triple fork.
Symbols if any on eitherside indistinct. All in a cirle of dots.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to left (anti-clockwise).
Lion to left between horizontal bars Symbols on left and maybe right.
All in a cirle 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.
ex: Raja Wickramasinghe, it is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection
I purchased in 2016 December.
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.