Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika
12 Comp. - 5 branch Dot - Anticlockwise

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

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyCu-Pb?
TypeCast ?
Diameter14.1 mm
Thickness1.7 mm
Weight1.91 gms
ShapeRound
DieAxis0°
 tree12c5bd_lsva_obverse tree12c5bd_lsva_reverse
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Obverse : A five branched tree within enclosure of twelve compartments in three rows of four each. The end of branch which is visible three dots. At level of top of compartment, on left three dots. On right svastika anticlockwise.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to left (anti-clockwise). Symbols on eitherside indistinct. All in 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. 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.