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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7669226, member: 99456&quot;]A fun post [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] : here&#039;s one of these Sri Lankan coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317835[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sri Lanka (Ceylon), native coinage, Polonnaruwa period, <b>Sahasa Malla</b>,1200-1202, Æ Kahavanu</p><p><b>Obv:</b> King standing facing right, holding lotus; altar, flame, and pellets in fields</p><p><b>Rev: </b>King reclining right, holding sankh; king’s name and title in Brahmi to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 840-1</p><p><b>Note:</b> Here is a useful <a href="https://cccrh.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/the-octopus-man-2017-06.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cccrh.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/the-octopus-man-2017-06.pdf" rel="nofollow">note</a> on these coins from Peter Lewis, which I liked for the pictures for decoding the letters on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>and some grain ears with a caduceus from Egypt:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1317834[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Provincial, Egypt, Alexandria, Claudius</b>, AD 41-54, Æ Diobol, 25mm, 12.57g, 12h), Dated RY 10 (AD 49/50)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> TI KΛAV KAI CЄBACTOC, laureate head right; L I (date) before</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Bundle of four stalks of grain and winged caduceus; AVTO–KPA across field</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Dattari (Savio) 140; RPC I 5175; Emmett 78.10[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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