Century 3rd BCE. to 1st CE - Lanka
Inscribed Lead Token with Elephant

This Inscribed Lead token found in Akurugoda is Plate Specimen A.18. illustrated in 1999 book by Osmund Bopearachchi and Rajah Wickramasinhe Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilization Re-visited .

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyPb
TypeCast
Diameter16.4 mm
Thickness1.8 mm
Weight2.34 gms
MintRuhuna
OBRW_A18_OBVERSE OBRW_A18_REVERSE

Obverse : Elephant standing right with raised trunk to tree along periphery
Reverse : Legend in Brahmi - su di na ha One more character visible.

OBRW_A18_drawing

Click here for longer discussion of items from Ancient Ruhuna and links to other Plate coins from this book in the lakdiva collection.

The specimen was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi.
It was obtained in 2016 May from Lalith Raddella in Colombo who had purchased a selection from Raja Wickramasinghe.