Lanka : 9-10th Century
Gold Type I Pala - Purnaghata
The anonymous Gold Type Pala ( 1/4 Kahavanu ) with Purnaghata.
Codrington Pala Type I.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Pala |
| Metal | Gold 0.?? |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.?? |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 13. mm |
| Thickness | 1.? mm |
| Weight Std | 1.12 gms |
| Weight | 1.08 gms |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Codrington 63 ; OMRS-29
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| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Pala |
| Metal | Gold 0.635 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.91 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 14.8 mm |
| Thickness | 1.? mm |
| Weight Std | 1.12 gms |
| Weight | 1.11 gms |
| DieAxis | O°? |
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| Codrington 63 ; OMRS-29
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Obverse : Standing figure Kuvera head to right. Crown, curved
line rom top of head to bottom and ending in a dot. 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 in front of
the face a vase from which issues a plant composed of a straight line
bifurcated at the top and two branches or leaves on either side.
left leg crossed behind right. To left standing lamp; to right
fire-alter, A beaded circle along the periphery of the coin.
Reverse : Nagari Legend Lakshmi under crescent. The k
and sh are joined. Two dots under first letter which is smaller
than the compound one. All in beaded circle. Finely executed.
I thank Jan Lingen who kindly permited me to use the image of this
pala kahavanu from his collection, which he uploaded
to zeno
which have been reduced to 600 dpi and displayed at 500 dpi.
I thank Ishfar of Kandy for the image of the lower Specimen shown.
which is slightly cruder than what is expected for type I. However,
the surface Silver fraction in alloy with Copper (Ag%Cu) is as
expected for Genuine Specimens.