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Sited lakshmi and elepent anuradapura kingdom

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circular Elephant and Svastika coins were mainly found at the Abhayagiri Dagoba in Anuradhapura. It is the Classic and largest of the ancient coins which is uniquely from Lanka. It is the equivalent of the Greek Athenian Owl tetradrachm for Lankan Numismatics. These coins found in Anuradhapura are thin and Struck with fine detail. Recent finds at Akurugoda near Tissmaharama in south west Lanka. thick and rough cast coins.

This coin at 7.7 grams is just under Half the weight of the average weight of 15.7 grams measured by John Still in 1907 for 20 Elephant and Svastika coins and well outside his range [12.7 to 17.8] grams. Codrington lists a few worn coins about 9.7 grams. Bopearachchi and Wickremasinhe in their Ruhuna collection publish a similar half weight Elephant and Svastika coin (H.7) of 6.8 grams.

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