| SPECIFICATIONS | ||
| Alloy | Pb | |
| Type | Cast | |
| Diameter | 18.6 mm | |
| Thickness | 2.0 mm | |
| Weight | 3.66 gms | |
| Mint | Ruhuna | |
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Obverse : Elephant standing to right with extended organ probably in Musth.
Reverse : Legend in Brahmi - Within a leafy annulus ma jhi ma ha with dot in center.
The coloured Artwork of Sadhantha Elephant; a realistic representation of the figure on the coin, is by Wildlife Artist Sanjaya Weeratunge.
The text on this particular coin is retranslated and discussued by Pushparatnam in his 2002 book Ancient Coins of Sri Lankan Tamil Rulers, as Coin 9 Figure 15 on page 54, among line drawings of 11 coins from the OBRW Ruhuna catalog.
A Sadhantha Elephant has Seven points which touch the ground. I was able to Video a Sadhantha Elephant bathing in the Wilpattu National Park on 2021 April 25th.
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.