Century 3rd BCE. to 1st CE - Lanka
Inscribed Lead Token with Elephant

This Inscribed Lead token found in Akurugoda from the collection of Raja Wickramsinghe who published in 1999 book with Osmund Bopearachchi titled Ruhuna. An Ancient Civilization Re-visited .

SPECIFICATIONS
AlloyPb
TypeCast
Diameter18.7. mm
Thickness3.0. mm
Weight3.99 gms
MintRuhuna
 RW_X9_OBVERSE RW_X9_REVERSE

Obverse : Elephant to right facing Tree like in OBRW A.18
Reverse : Legend in Brahmi - around circle with flower with eight petals around a large dot at center

Click here for longer discussion of items from Ancient Ruhuna.

The specimen was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 400 dpi.
It was obtained in 2016 May from Lalith Raddella in Colombo who had purchased a selection from Raja Wickramasinghe.