Ceylonese Coins
Lot 5350 Session 17 (11.30am Friday) Ceylonese Coins
Estimate $120
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SOLD $130
CEYLON, (Sri Lanka), Anonymous issue, in copper/lead metal, double die coin including elephant and swastica issue, AE 34, c.29 B.C. - A.D. 297, (originally found at Tissamaharama), (De Silva p.32, cf.M.5044-6, Cod. 8, p.21, Pl.I) (illustrated); Restoration of Singhalese independence very base gold kahavanu, struck by Vijaya Bahu (1055-1110) (3), (M. 831, Cod. 71 Pl.III, 71, p.63); additional AE kahavanu by later rulers (5); doits of VOC Holland 1734 (KM.70); Zeeland 1754 (KM.152.3); miscelaneous other coins (3). Fair - very fine, the first rare. (14)
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