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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Loong Siew, post: 2251740, member: 75799&quot;]Ancient Ceylon. Anuradhapura period. 1st Century AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lakshmi Plaque (lead) . Unusually large specimen. 44mm long &amp; 13g weight. Only 1 of 4 such larger heavy specimens found on Sri Lanka. Extremely rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>These plaques bear on an obverse showing the Hindu goddess of fortune Lakshmi. Reverse is the sign of a swastika mounted on a pillar. These were excavated only from 1917 and a majority were of copper struck specimens. The lead alloys scarcer and rare intact being brittle and buried for 2 millenia. Even so, most specimes are smaller with only 4 of such large size ever excavated from Sri Lanka..</p><p><br /></p><p>Used to be regarded as offerings, later more and more specimens were unearthed thus leading Numismatists to believe that they were ancient currencies. Also comes in fractional pieces</p><p>[ATTACH=full]445673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445674[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445675[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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