Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika

Six Compartments - Right

A circular copper-lead coin with a six branched tree within enclosure of six compartments on obverse and a railed svastika revolving to right (clockwise) on the reverse.

SPECIFICATIONS Alloy Cu-Pb? Type Cast ? Diameter 12.1 mm Thickness 1.3 mm Weight 0.77 gms Shape Round DieAxis O°
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Obverse : A six branched tree within enclosure of six compartments in two rows of three each.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to right (clockwise).

This is one variety of many coins of this type.

The coin was scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 500dpi. It was obtained in December 1999 from Rajah Wickremesinhe an Author and collector in Colombo, Lanka.

Text edited from
* Ceylon Coins and Currency By H. W. Codrington. Colombo 1924
  Page 22 Chapter III - Tree and Svastika - Pl 12 to Pl 15.
* Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilisation Re-visited by Bopearachchi and Wickramasinhe. 1999
  Page 27 Local coins - Tree and Svastika - Pl H.9 to H.17.