Lanka : 9-10th Century
Gold Type II Aka - Adahanda & Lotus
The anonymous Gold Type Aka ( 1/8 Kahavanu ) with Adahanda & Lotus.
Codrington Aka Type II(2).
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Aka |
| Metal | Gold 0.66 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.91 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 10.2 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Weight Std | 0.56 gms |
| Weight | 0.49 gms |
| DieAxis | 135° |
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| Codrington 64 ; OMRS-62
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| Denomination | One Aka |
| Metal | Gold 0.60 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.95 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 10.7 mm |
| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
| Weight Std | 0.56 gms |
| Weight | 0.51 gms |
| DieAxis | -60° |
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| Codrington 64 ; OMRS-62
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Obverse : Standing figure Kuvera head to right less perfect.
Crown varies considerably : (i) A curved line turning outwards at
bottom and ending in a dot. In a Dhoti (garment) indicated by two
curved lines on either side but no line between legs. Right arm
pendent; left is bent, and holds in front of the face two semicircles
one within the other Adahanda (Cresent moon). To left
variety of II(a), resembling a barbed arrowhead ; to right fire-alter,
A beaded circle along the periphery of the coin.
Reverse : Nagari Legend Nandaki under full-blown Lotus.
Two dots above the first letter.
All in beaded circle. Finely executed.
The Aka was scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 600dpi.
Coin-1 from an old collection was purchased in 2005 May from a
dealer in Colombo, Sri Lanka who had got it on consigment.
Coin-2 was purchased in a lot in 2015 August from a collector Lalith Raddella in Colombo,
Sri Lanka.