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Auction: 18004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 724

Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Pandya (c.2nd century BC - 1st century AD), AE Unit, elephant standing left, above head a swastika on a stand and a three-arched hill, rev. a swastika on a stand, Polonnaruwa period, AE Kahavanu (38), issued by: Queen Lilavati (6), Sahasa Malla (10), Dharmasoka Deva (5), Parakrama Bahu II (6), Vijaya Bahu IV (6), Bhuvanaika Bahu (5), the first poor, but scarce, the Kahavanu generally good fine to very fine, some with evidence of corrosion (39)

From the collection of Sir Walter Davidson, Colonial Secretary of Ceylon prior to 1900

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