Lanka : 11th Century
Gold Type III Aka - Jasmine - Chank - Daraka
The anonymous gold Type III Aka ( 1/8 Kahavanu ) known as Jasmine
flower and Chank with legend Daraka. Codrington aka Type III(2)(ii)
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Aka |
| Metal | Gold 0.48 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.75 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 10.7 mm |
| Thickness | mm |
| Weight Std. | 0.56 gms |
| Weight | 0.60 gms |
| DieAxis | O° |
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| Codrington 68 ; OMRS-76 ; Mitchiner #830
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| Denomination | One Aka |
| Metal | Gold 0.49 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.69 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 10.7 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Weight Std. | 0.56 gms |
| Weight | 0.48 gms |
| DieAxis | -60° |
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| Codrington 68 ; OMRS-76 ; Mitchiner #830
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Obverse : Standing figure Kuvera head imperfect to right.
Crown, two parallel lines with dot in rear. 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 Jasmine flower as on kahavanu IIIB. No symbol to
left; to right fire-alter. A beaded circle along the periphery of the
coin.
Reverse : In bead circle chank pointing (coin-1) left (coin-2) right
over Nagari Legend which reads Daraka.
The akas were scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 600dpi.
Coin-1 was obtained in 2000 September
from O. M. R. Sirisena an expert collector in Colombo, Lanka.
Coin-2 was obtained in 2015 August in a lot from a collector Lalith Raddella in Colombo.