| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9614 Price realized: 75 GBP (Approx. 95 USD / 86 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: (x) Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Kingdom of Kandy (c. 1550-1765), silver Fanams (9), similar in design to Viraraya fanams of south India (cf. Codrington, p.175, 168), generally little circulated, extremely fine (9). A Gentleman's Collection of Sri Lankan Coins - Part III Codrington describes these as "Sinhala panama, struck by the king. The metal is silver, often very base, and sometimes hardly distinguishable from copper; a few show a slight admixture of gold, from which it may be inferred that this coin has been gradually debased from an original gold fanam, .... in documents they are mentioned last, as far as I can ascertain, in 1765. The design is that of the Malabar Vira raya fanam." Estimate: £100 - £150 |  |
