Lanka : 9-10th Century
Gold Type II Pala - Adahanda - Lotus/Crescent
The anonymous Gold Type II Pala ( 1/4 Kahavanu ) known as
Adahanda & Lotus/Crescent. Codrington Pala Type unlisted.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Pala |
| Metal | Gold 0.61 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.91 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 13.1 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Weight Std | 1.13 gms |
| Weight | 1.03 gms |
| DieAxis | 90.° |
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| Codrington 59 Type ; OMRS 63
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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; left leg crossed
behind right. Right arm pendent; left is bent, and holds in front of
the face, two cresents one within the other outline the Adahanda .
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 Lakshmi under Lotus within Cresent.
Arm of k to left. vowel mark not curved over
to right of compound letter, but twisted upwards in a flourish. Two
dots above and below first letter. All in beaded circle. Finely
executed.
The error in identification of this Pala as OMRS unlisted Double
Adahanda was noticed on 2022 December 3rd and corrected.
The Pala was scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 450dpi.
The coin was obtained in 2014 August from a collector in Colombo, Sri Lanka.