Lanka : 11th Century
Gold Type III Pala - Ball & Annulet
An anonymous Gold Type III Pala ( 1/4 Kahavanu ) with Ball & Annulet.
Codrington Pala Type III(1).
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Denomination | One Pala |
| Metal | Gold 0.47 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.79 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 11.9 mm |
| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
| Weight Std | 1.13 gms |
| Weight | 1.01 gms |
| DieAxis | -160° |
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| Codrington 60 ; OMRS~74 ;
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| Denomination | One Pala |
| Metal | Gold 0.49 |
| Alloy | Ag%Cu = 0.76 |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 11.9 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Weight Std | 1.13 gms |
| Weight | 1.06 gms |
| DieAxis | -90° |
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| Codrington 61 ; OMRS-74 ;
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Obverse : Standing figure (Kuvera) head to right
Crown, two parallel lines 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, a ball, To left variety apparently no
symbol ; to right fire-alter, A beaded circle along the periphery
of the coin.
Reverse : Nagari Legend Lakshmi to left under (Coin-1) Annulet
(Coin-2) annulet with dot in the center (Target).
The Pala coins were scanned at 600dpi and displayed at 450dpi.
They were purchased in a lot in 2014 from a dealer in Colombo, Sri Lanka.