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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2145867, member: 44140&quot;]Worthy of note...</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins of Medieval Sri Lanka are only a small part of numismatic history of the Island. There are coins dating to at least BC 300. I urge those interested in ancient coins to try and find them, you might be surprised.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are decendent from the coins of the mighty Chola...</p><p><br /></p><p>India, ThamiNadu</p><p>Thanjavur</p><p>AR Kasu (Kahavanu)</p><p>20 mm x 4.26 grams</p><p>Uttama Chola (970-985 AD)</p><p>Obverse: Tiger (Chola symbol) seated right faces towards two upright fishes (Pandyan symbol): bow (Chera symbol) behind: all under an umbrella above.</p><p>Reverse: Uttama / Chola - in Devanagari script</p><p>ref: Mitchiner #713-725 ; Biddulph #26</p><p>Note: One of my fav coins. Rare.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]411118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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