Ancient Lanka - Tree and Svastika
12 Comp. - 5 branch Leaf - Anticlockwise

A circular copper-lead coin with a tree with five branches each ending with triple leaf within enclosure of twelve compartments on obverse and a railed svastika revolving to left (anticlockwise) on the reverse.

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyCu-Pb?
TypeCast ?
Diameter13.0 mm
Thickness1.4 mm
Weight1.31 gms
ShapeRound
DieAxis120°
 tree15c5bl_lsva_obverse tree15c5bl_lsva_reverse
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Obverse : A five branched tree within enclosure of twelve compartments in three rows of four each. The end of branch which is visible three leaves. Symbols on eitherside indistinct.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to left (anti-clockwise). Symbols on eitherside indistinct.

This is one variety of many coins of this type.

The coin was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi. ex: Raja Wickramasinghe, it is from part of Lalith Raddella's collection I purchased in 2016 December.

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.