The ancient kingdom of Ruhuna in south-East Sri Lanka, was as important a historical site, and has yielded many ancient artifacts including coins over the past two decades.
Some of these finds have been published catalogin the
Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilisation Re-visited.
Numismatic and Archaeological evidence on Inland and Maritime trade.
Osmund Bopearachchi and Rajah M. Wickramasinhe.
1999, Nugegoda, SriLanka. 145p 43 plates (2 in color) : 30 cm
Please read reviews of this book at Sunday Times and by Jan Lingen in ONS.
Some Plate Specimens from the collection published in
* Inscribed coin A.26 Wheels.
* Inscribed coin E.22 Elephant
* Inscribed E.30 Tortoise.
* Elephant & Svastika coin
* Lakshmi plaque H.76 series 2.
* Roman bronzes including Indo-Roman found in Ruhuna, Lanka.
Please help Identify these G.25 G.30 G.46 G.50 G.52 G.56 and six more coins
See also the LakdivaCoins 2001 Collection from site.