Lanka : 11th Century
Gold Type III Aka - Jasmine - Chank - Daraka

The anonymous gold Type III Aka ( 1/8 Kahavanu ) known as Jasmine flower and Chank with legend Daraka. Codrington aka Type III(2)(ii)

SPECIFICATIONS
DenominationOne Aka
MetalGold 0.48
AlloyAg%Cu = 0.75
TypeStruck
Diameter10.7 mm
Thickness mm
Weight Std.0.56 gms
Weight0.60 gms
DieAxis
a3_jas_chankleft_daraka_au_obverse a3_jas_chankleft_daraka_au_reverse
Codrington 68 ; OMRS-76 ; Mitchiner #830
DenominationOne Aka
MetalGold 0.49
AlloyAg%Cu = 0.69
TypeStruck
Diameter10.7 mm
Thickness1.0 mm
Weight Std.0.56 gms
Weight0.48 gms
DieAxis-60°
a3_jas_chankright_daraka_au_obverse a3_jas_chankright_daraka_au_reverse
Codrington 68 ; OMRS-76 ; Mitchiner #830
Obverse : Standing figure Kuvera head imperfect to right. Crown, two parallel lines with dot in rear. In a dhoti (garment) indicated by two curved lines on either side but no line between legs; Right arm pendent; left is bent, and holds Jasmine flower as on kahavanu IIIB. No symbol to left; to right fire-alter. A beaded circle along the periphery of the coin.
Reverse : In bead circle chank pointing (coin-1) left (coin-2) right over Nagari Legend which reads Daraka.

The akas were scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 600dpi. Coin-1 was obtained in 2000 September from O. M. R. Sirisena an expert collector in Colombo, Lanka. Coin-2 was obtained in 2015 August in a lot from a collector Lalith Raddella in Colombo.