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Obverse : Maiden standing with right leg bent back. Right hand with
mirror, held up to face,left hand holding her long plait extending to
her hip. Trident symbol in front.
Reverse : Tusked Elephant facing right.
The coloured Artwork of lady; a realistic representation of the stylised drawing on coin, is by Wildlife Artist Sanjaya Weeratunge.
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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.
A modern Replica of this lead token is documented.