Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 555Auction date: 7 February 2024
Lot number: 867

Price realized: 1,300 USD   (Approx. 1,212 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Kahavanu (20mm, 4.34 g, 6h). King reclining to right, holding aloft a sankh shell; to right, Sri/ Lamka/ vibu in Devanagari / King standing facing right, holding aloft a lotust; altar, flame, and pellets–in–annulets in fields. Mitchiner, South II 312; Sirisena type IIIB; cf. Friedberg 285 (for continental issue). Trace deposits, scratches. Near VF.


Estimate: 200 USD