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

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

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyCu-Pb?
TypeCast ?
Diameter14.4 mm
Thickness1.3 mm
Weight1.27 gms
ShapeRound
DieAxis180°
 tree12c5bp_lsva_obverse tree12c5bp_lsva_reverse
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Obverse : A five plain branched tree within enclosure of twelve compartments in three rows of four each. The end of branch which has nothing visible. Symbols on left off flan, on right indistinct.
Reverse : A Railed svastika revolving to left (anti-clockwise). Symbols on left Two leaves, on right 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.