World Gold Coins

Sale 135    8–12 Apr 2024   Dixson Room, State Library of NSW   Sydney

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Lot 2771    SESSION 12 (9.30AM THURSDAY 11TH APRIL)    World Gold Coins

Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $380

SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages, period of the Chola Invasion, c990-1070, gold kahavanu (4.34 g), struck 11th century, Rajaraja reclining to right holding a sankh shell; rev, Sri/Raja/Raja in Devanagari/Rajaraja standing holding g a lotus; altar, flame, and pellets-in-annulets in fields. (Mitchiner, South II 318; Sirisena type IIIB;cf.Friedberg 285 (for continental issue). About very fine.

Ex CNG Electronic Auction 498, Aug 2021.

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